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Re: Size of minimal Debian installation



On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 11:43:53 -0600
Morgan Gangwere <0.fractalus@gmail.com> wrote:

...

> There's "minimal" and then there's /minimal/. Debian's netinst does add
> some things, and some of the additions can be a bit awkward. For one,
> the "Base System" package actually adds quite a bit.
> 
> Here's the biggest hogs:
> gcc and friends

Debian's installer installs gcc?  What "Base System" package are you
referring to?  It's been a while since I did an install, but I don't
remember ever having gcc installed during the install, and I see no
base package that depends on it.

Celejar
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