Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> > I tried to explain that in the bug report. We (Debian Edu) use it to
>> > modify the profile which gets installed...
>> Sorry, but that is Greek to me. What is a profile, what does it do?
>
> In a normal Debian Edu installation the user is prompted to choose one out of 
> four profiles, which define how the machine will be used, that is, install a 
> certain set of packages and apply configurations. For those four profiles 
> certain normal d-i steps (like for example task+package selection) are 
> skipped.
>
> Using expert installation you can choose out of seven profiles, including one 
> which has task and package selection :)
>
> Some of these profile can mixed, some cant. And their is an eighth 
> profile, "Debian Edu laptop", which is added dynamically, if laptop-detect 
> succeeds.

Ok. I see your motivation and requirement. I fail to see _why_ it need
to happen before base. Couldn't the profiles be moved to after base? 

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