On Wednesday 20 May 2009, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Sorry if this "issue" was already discussed and if this is not a > problem, but when installing a basic Debian system (only the > minimal system, without selecting anything when tasksel appears), I see > that some packages are installed but don't see to be needed. > For example (Lenny install): > > libsasl2-2 > libgnutls26
I checked these first two. Both have "Priority: important" and are thus installed by debootstrap. I also don't see why deborphan should report them. mutt depends on the first and exim4-daemon-light on the second. Both are packages that should be installed by default. > libgcrypt11 > libtasn1-3 > libgpg-error0 The same is probably true for the others. If any of them has "Priority: standard", they are installed if you select the "Standard system" task. > Also, probably there is an answer for this, but why are these packages > also installed (and why are they necessary), please? > > aspell > aspell-pt-br > aspell-pt-pt > dictionaries-common > ibrazilian > iportuguese > ispell > libaspell15 > wbrazilian > wportuguese > > It's a minimal Lenny install too, with Brazilian Portuguese language > selected. That's the reason: the language task for pt_BR is installed automatically. See last para on http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/apds02.html.en. (Should probably also be mentioned in section 6.3.5.2.) Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
