Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The definition of standard is the set of packages that some > one familair with UNIX/Linux would be surprised not to find on a > machine.
Er, no, that's the definition of important. "If the expectation is that an experienced Unix person who found it missing would say `What the F*!@<+ is going on, where is `foo'', it must be in `important'." > My expectation is that all standard packages would indeed be > installed if I took no action to extend or curtail the selection. If > I recall correctly, isn't that what dselect does? Right. However, tasksel doesn't let people de-select already selected packages, so the situation is a bit different. -- see shy jo
