Am 2005-12-27 00:36:24, schrieb humble tech:
> I've just installed another Debian Stable and I  want to know why on earth 
> the Debian maintainers believe it acceptable  to just go ahead and install 
> Exim4 without asking, forcing me to go and  uninstall it afterwards....

Fuck... some of those endless-line posters...

    1)  Because exim4 is one of the best MTA's
        and historical it IS the defsult.

    2)  Each UNIX-like System needs a MTA.

>   I'd like there to be a minimal install option but I can't see it, the  
> closest I've found is the manually selecting packages and then just not  
> installing any. I'm very used to Gentoo which gives full control over  such 
> stuff and I've been making the case for Debian at work, I'd really  love to 
> be able to control this a bit better.

Then create your customized minimal-system
    
    apt-get install debian-cd  

>   Really, I've been a bit spoilt by Gentoo's control I guess, it's just  that 
> especially on a server, you don't want anything on it that isn't  definitely 
> supposed to be there.

Good look with this Gentoo crap.
  
>   Anybody got any input on this?

I have MY OWN customized Debian Install CD's...

Oh yes, I am DebianGNU/Linux Consultant in France.
This is, why it was neccesary to create MY OWN CD-Sets.

Greetings
Michelle

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