On Thu 01 Jul 2021 at 16:24:12 +0100, Brian wrote: [..] > on the system. So...a D-I bug? Quite possibly, but my involvement with it ends here. Others can pursue it in a suitable report. Note that the installation with "recommends=false" still sets up the system not to install recommended packages. A user really does need to know what he is doing with the commandline options given to D-I, whether or not they work. -- Brian.