On Sun 04 Nov 2018 at 16:53:19 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 04/11/2018 à 16:44, David Wright a écrit : > > On Sun 04 Nov 2018 at 15:51:21 (+0100), Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > Le 04/11/2018 à 14:52, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > > > Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean that all packages with Priority: standard and their > > > > > dependencies are supposed to be present in installation CD images ? > > > > > > > > Correct. That's part of the design. It works well, until reality > > > > changes underneath us like this. :-) > > > > > > Well, if I am counting right, this is not true for the multi-arch > > > netinst image : > > > - 85 packages found in the main section for i386. > > > - Only 43 packages found in the multi-arch CD image main section. > > > > > > Is it an exception because a netinst image is not supposed to be used > > > without a mirror ? > > > > I was under the impression that "netinst" stood for "network installer", > > so the image only contains what's essential to bootstrap a standard > > system (or greater) from the network (Internet or local mirror). > > Netinst images contain everything required to install a functional basic > system even without a network.
An interesting historical fact (at least, I hope it is interesting!) is that prior to Debian 6.x.x the standard utilities were obtained over the internet or from a local mirror. The impression which David Wright gained from the name "netinst" would have been correct on lenny. -- Brian.
