Re: Components non-free and contrib are not enabled after installing to virtualbox virtual machine.
On Sat, 2016-02-20 at 11:18 +0100, jds1307@telenet.be wrote:
> I downloaded and installed the latest Debian CD image (http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.3.0-amd64-CD-1.iso)
>
> Installing to bare metal enables the components main contrib and non-free.
>
> Installing to a virtualbox virtual machine only enables the main component, not contrib nor non-free.
>
> Why is that?
>
> Is it intended behaviour? If so, what is the reasoning behind it?
>
> Is it a bug?
If contrib and non-free are enabled by default in official Debian
installer then I would say that yes, it's a bug, as Debian is meant to
be free - unless there's been a recent policy change that I haven't
noticed.
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Tixy
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