On Sb, 20 iun 20, 18:37:31, Brian wrote: > On Sat 20 Jun 2020 at 17:53:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 19 iun 20, 15:12:27, Tom Dial wrote: > > > > > > I notice that tasksel (= /usr/bin/tasksel) is a Perl program in which it > > > appears the "cmd" to be executed once selections are made (line 24 from > > > the end) is > > > > > > apt-get -q -y -o APT::Install-Recommends=true -o \ > > > APT::Get::AutomaticRemove=true -o APT::Acquire::Retries=3 install > > > > > > I suspect that has something to do with the apparent fact that tasksel > > > ignores "recommends=false" from other sources. I also suspect that > > > editing that line would change the behavior in the desired direction. > > > >From long-standing practice and inclination I have no wish to test this, > > > but someone else might. > > > > > > I assume this would need to be done by skipping tasksel during > > > installation of the d-i minimal system, then altering and running the > > > installed tasksel after the post-install reboot. > > > > Why not just run 'apt install task-<whatever>' afterwards? > > Without the suggested alteration made by Tom Dial? How does that fulfill > Richard's desired outcome of not installing recommended packages?
As far as I know all tasks are now[1] metapackages that one can just install with apt, hence one doesn't need tasksel at all. If you are referring to the lack of '--no-install-recommends', I was under the impression that we are in the context of a system installed with 'recommends=false' preseeded, which as per your posting[2] is already configured to not install recommends. I just now realised that skipping the tasksel step completely makes 'recommends=false' optional (it's only use would be to get a system pre-configured to not install recommends), so one should add '--no-install-recommends' as needed to the above ;) [1] they used to be separate lists of packages consumed by tasksel (and aptitude?) [2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/06/msg00648.html Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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