On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 13:55 +0800, Jason Heeris wrote: > This originally arose from a discussion on debian-live[1] (sorry to > anyone who reads both lists, but it seemed more appropriate to > continue this tangent here). > > I wanted to block installation of a couple of recommended packages in > the chroot stage of a live-build, while letting all other recommends > be installed as usual. It was suggested that I use apt-pinning to do > this, like so: > > ---- > Package: whatever > Pin: release * > Pin-Priority: -1 > ---- > > However, one of those recommended packages is "default-mta | > mail-transport-agent". I tried: > > ---- > Package: default-mta > Pin: release * > Pin-Priority: -1 > > Package: mail-transport-agent > Pin: release * > Pin-Priority: -1 > ---- > > But this has no effect — exim4-daemon-light still gets installed, > despite only being recommended. Is it possible to use pinning to do > this, or another method involving apt(itude) configuration? I'd rather > avoid an equivs package or the like, because that adds extra steps to > the build process (and I can't just zip up my config area and use it > elsewhere, I need to carry any equiv sources around too).
Aptitude installs recommends by default. That can be turned off in "Options -> Preferences -> Dependency handling -> Install recommended packages automatically". I have never turned the option off myself so I'm not sure if it'll do what you need but you could try if you haven't already. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1290146594.11491.3.ca...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
