On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:04 PM Ian Campbell wrote: > Possibly it is no longer part of the base install though?
Quite likely yes. > suggests it is "important" but I think there can be overrides to that > from the ftp-master end. $ apt-cache show net-tools | grep Priority Priority: optional > If it really isn't installed by default it might be worth someone[0] > filing a bug against tasksel to ensure it is pulled in by the "standard > Unix system" task? Deprecated or not it certainly seems like it fits > that description. IIRC the "standard Unix system" task is determined by package priority, not by any hardcoded list of packages in tasksel. Between Debian jessie and stretch, net-tools switched from priority important to priority optional. I can't see anything in the package changelog but the change happened in the source package so presumably it was deliberate. https://sources.debian.org/src/net-tools/jessie/debian/control https://sources.debian.org/src/net-tools/stretch/debian/control -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
