Re: Wanted: a special purpose Debian installer

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 06/26/2021 01:32 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/26/2021 12:31 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > I thought we had established last year that you need to install the
> > initial system without Recommends:
>
> That is EXPLICITLY my goal. I vaguely recall attempting to follow some 
> suggestions which didn't end well ;{
>
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/09/msg00436.html
>
> I don't recall that post.
>
> > and one possible answer was:
> >
> > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/09/msg00441.html
>
> That has an intriguing section:
> > > This the tail of basically the same installer cmdline I've been using 
> > > for Debian
> > > for several years, Bullseye the last:
> > > netcfg/get_nameservers=8.8.4.4 netcfg/confirm_static=true tasks=standard
> > > base-installer/install-recommends=false GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
>
> I've lost my local copy of posts from that time period. I can't do it 
> today, but tomorrow I'll create a local copy of the thread to examine.

Now that I've reread all the "Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task 
selection menu" it triggered some memories. I don't recall just when I 
did it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in 
the command line. It failed. IIRC there's something hard-coded in part 
of the installer that ignores that directive just where I wanted it to 
have effect. Without my local references, I don't have the details.




> > I don't remember your ever reporting doing that. Did you try it,
> > and what was the result? It would be nice to put this problem to bed,
> > rather than revisiting it ever year.
>
> I tried many things. Usually a mass failure. I'll see what I can re-create.
> Thank you.