On Sunday 13 July 2008 00:08, Frans Pop wrote: > On Saturday 12 July 2008, Shachar Or wrote: > > In the preseed file there's an option to specify a string of packages > > to install via the 'd-i pkgsel/include string' line. > > > > Can this line take the same options that aptitude can take such as > > appending /archive and =version to packages? > > No. That really is totally outside the scope of basic installation. If you > want anything like this you will need to script it yourself.
What are the restraints? The size of d-i? > > Essentially, what's described in the installation guide is what it does. > Nothing more. So I guess it doesn't just pass this string to 'aptitude install <string>' but why shouldn't it? Wouldn't that be awesome functionality for very little coding? > > The installer has plenty of hook points where users can create almost any > weird, creative functionality they want, but don't look at standard > options for that. The "raw" Debian installer itself has only one function > it installs a basic, working system. -- Shachar Or | שחר אור http://ox.freeallweb.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
