On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 06:15:44PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > The set of packages installed by d-i / debootstrap is steered by hard-coded > > scripts, thus new systems can default to whatever is set there. > > This has not been true for many years. (sarge seems to be the last one > where it was true, and etch is the first that uses the priorities from > the various indices.)
I wrote "scripts" not "lists of packages". The scripts do take priorities from the "Packages" file from the chosen mirror, but that's just one of inputs. A script lists a number of additional packages, a number of quirks, forced ordering and so on. You can make a script do whatever you like. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
