John Hasler wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > I just tried a minimum installation of Debian Wheezy in a VM and > > rpcbind was not installed. Are you sure it is installed by default? > > Rpcbind is priority standard. It is neither "essential" nor > "required". Thus whether it is installed by default or not depends on > how you define a minimum installation.
Ah! That explains it. I had nothing in tasksel checked. But if I do check "Standard system" then rpcbind is installed. That explains it. I usually don't install the "Standard" system because that installs Exim (a find tool) but I always install Postfix which much then push it out. Therefore I never select standard system and always install Postfix and other things later. That is how I missed it. But I would consider the "Standard system utilities" selection to be a normal small Debian install. I don't think rpcbind should be priority standard these days. I wonder if it would be possible to convince people that it should be demoted to installed only as a dependency instead. Or if it is needed to learn why it is still needed. Thanks! Bob
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