>From memory the 2017 stuff for 1) was me but I can't remember how it all went. 2) if you don't want items listed in the metapackage try apt-pinning, the only other alternative is to write a list including things in the metapackage you do want but not things you don't want. 3) it used to be possible but I'm not sure if it is anymore. In the past if you wanted a non-standard kernel you had to list it in lb config.
On 05/07/2020, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1) lb is making the creation of a liveCD surprisingly easy, but the > one I have built does not seem to be able to install: > "debian install "the debootstrap program exited with an error (return > value 1)"" > Googling this seems to find a lot from 2017, but nothing more recent. > Perhaps someone knows what the fix is? > > 2) Is there a way to remove some applications from a desktop task? > I have task-xfce-desktop in my list.desktop.chroot but would prefer to > have Geany instead of Mousepad and to skip Libre Office completely. Is > it possible to pick-and-choose with the metapackages? > > 3) I would quite like to provide two alternative kernels. (-rt-amd64 > and -rtai-amd64). Is this possible? And how do I set which one is the > boot choice after installation? I could probably work this out by > experiment, apart from 1) > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > >
