Re: What is a repository? What is a metapackage?
On Sat 16 Apr 2022 at 08:50:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> A goal of the Debian installer is to create a system that can be used by
> *ALL* people to use for *ANY* possible purpose.
This is your gloss. The goal of d-i is to install Debian. That is its
only goal.
> I find the resulting system:
> 1. consumes more disk space than necessary.
That's down to the way you use d-i.
> 2. consumes excessive bandwidth during installation.
> [I have a low monthly cap on my internet connection.]
That's down to the way you use d-i.
> 3. installs packages I whose function I don't need/want.
That's down to the way you use d-i.
> 4. doesn't install functions I routinely use.
Please specify these needed functions.
> 5. installs packages that unsatisfactorily perform needed functions.
> [I have to install additional packages.]
Please specify.
> I plan to get around these problems by creating a local repository and
> several very custom metapackages. My internet search turned up tools to
> create and/or modify both.
In the light of the above, your plan is flawed.
> I did not find authoritative descriptions of the structure of either
> repositories or metapackages.
You haven't looked hard enough
>
> Where do I find such?
> TIA
>
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