Set of packages installed by Multistrap

["NODA, Kai" <nodakai@gmail.com>]

Hi, all

I started using multistrap for installing Debian armel on QEMU virtual HDDs,
and noticed that the set of installed packages differs from the cross-debootstrap case
when I just specified http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian (a Japanese CDN mirror).
More specifically, for example, ifupdown were missing in the multistrap case.
(Note: I know I can add arbitrary packages and their dependencies using
the "packages=" line in the config file.
I'm talking about the default configuration.)

It might just be that multistrap and debootstrap are different softwares after all
and thus behave differently, but I want to know the specification of these.
So I'm asking the developer of multistrap about which packages are choosen
to be installed by multistrap, or, from what criterion multistrap chooses
the packages to install.
I've checked "man multistrap" and http://www.emdebian.org/multistrap/
but couldn't find such information.

BTW, currently I'm not going to use something called "Embedian Grip"
as it brings another uncertainty to me, but if multistrap is supposed to be
used with the "Grip" variant rather than the standard Debian, I will gladly switch to it.
But then I have to know the exact set of packages available in the "Grip" variant...

$ cat armel.conf
[General]
noauth=true
unpack=true
debootstrap=Debian
aptsources=Debian
arch=armel

[Debian]
source=http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian
keyring=debian-archive-keyring
components=main
suite=testing

Thanks,
Kai

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NODA, Kai <nodakai@gmail.com>