Bug#1062641: live-build Removes User Packages Installed via Hooks
Package: live-build
Version: 1:20230502+kali3
When users install `.deb` packages that are not available in Debian via a `.chroot` hook (such as `1password`), the `./live/filesystem.packages-remove` file in the generated ISO uninstalls the packages installed via `.chroot` after the system is installed.
This was not the case until this action (which was added 12 years ago) became active a year ago:
- https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/live-installer/-/commit/ad0ebaad
- https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/live-installer/-/commit/ca1e1706757ecc9a4cf1fa5c637d5a9b513acee6
Because certain packages cannot be installed without `.chroot`
hooks, I recommend reverting this change. It was discussed that users should drop their `.deb` packages to the `packages.chroot` directory instead, as that is the intended way. However, certain programs such as `1Password`, `docker` (from Docker's repositories), ProtonVPN, etc. only use the `.deb` packages to add their repos to the system and not install packages, which require users to `sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y <package(s)>`.
This was detected during a Kali Linux live-build:
- https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts/live-build-config/-/issues/61
- https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts/live-build-config/-/merge_requests/33
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