Re: Installing metapackage with fai.me
Hi all, on https://fai-project.org/FAIme/ you can now enable installing recommended packages for your custom package list. I took more time to add the new checkbox on the web page, than to add thr function to the backend part of FAIme. Thanks a lot to Jean-Mathieu for suggesting this feature. -- regards Thomas
Re: Installing metapackage with fai.me
> Yes, you are right -norec does not install recommends. We have > PACKAGES install but in FAI.me it's currently hardcoded to use install-norec. > >> Is there a way to change this default behaviour in fai.me? > Currently not, but I will think about implementing it. Seems like a > nice feature to me. Another checkbox should do the job. > > I may change the FAI.me behaviour globally for some tests, maybe this > evening or tomorrow. That'll be great, thank you very much. FYI, I'm doing a postinstall script that only removes certain packages that I don't want and that are provided via the metapackage. The checkbox is a good idea, but it globalizes the recommended packages for all packages, and the current default behaviour also has good reasons to be in place. If there is a mechanism for parsing packages "to be installed", a bit of "syntactic sugar" could refine the installation mechanism, like: package-name: install in no-rec mode package-name+: include recommended packages by package-name package-name- : exclude package-name from the installation (syntax used by apt) Along the same lines, we could also add a wilcard (perhaps this is already the case ...): package-name* : installs all packages starting with package-name in no-rec mode (syntax used by apt) package-name*+: installs all packages starting with package-name in recommended mode I'm not aware of the complexity of implementing such a solution, but it was just a proposal that seemed interesting in terms of functionality ... Best regards. -- Jean-Mathieu > -- > viele Grüße Thomas
Re: Installing metapackage with fai.me
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:26:56 +0100 (CET), Jean-Mathieu Chantrein > said: > Yes, it's games-finest. Thank you. > apt-cache show games-finest Ah, now it looks better. I wonder why this metapackage does not use depends but only recommends. > So, I think that underlying packages are not installed because they are in Recommends. > In fact, in the FAI conf files, the package appears like this: > PACKAGES install-norec > games-finest Yes, you are right -norec does not install recommends. We have PACKAGES install but in FAI.me it's currently hardcoded to use install-norec. > Is there a way to change this default behaviour in fai.me? Currently not, but I will think about implementing it. Seems like a nice feature to me. Another checkbox should do the job. I may change the FAI.me behaviour globally for some tests, maybe this evening or tomorrow. -- viele Grüße Thomas
Re: Installing metapackage with fai.me
Yes, it's games-finest. Thank you. apt-cache show games-finest Package: games-finest Source: debian-games Version: 5 Installed-Size: 21 Maintainer: Debian Games Team Architecture: all Depends: games-tasks (= 5) Recommends: 0ad, 7kaa, a7xpg, abe, ace-of-penguins, alex4, armagetronad, asc, atomix, bastet, berusky, biniax2, blobby, bloboats, blobwars, blockattack, bsdgames, btanks, burgerspace, bzflag-client, caveexpress, cgoban, chromium-bsu, cultivation, dreamchess, empire, enigma, epiphany, extremetuxracer, flare-game, flightgear, foobillardplus, freeciv, freecol, freedroidrpg, freeorion, frozen-bubble, funnyboat, gnubg, gtkatlantic, gweled, hedgewars, holotz-castle, hyperrogue, kobodeluxe, koules, lbreakout2, lincity-ng, liquidwar, lmemory, lugaru, manaplus, marsshooter, megaglest, micropolis, minetest, nethack-console, nettoe, neverball, neverputt, nexuiz, numptyphysics, open-invaders, openarena, openclonk, openttd, pacman, parsec47, pathological, performous, pinball, pingus, pioneers, pokerth, powermanga, pybik, raincat, redeclipse, ri-li, scorched3d, searchandrescue, sgt-puzzles, solarwolf, sopwith, springlobby, supertransball2, supertux, supertuxkart, tecnoballz, teeworlds, torcs, torus-trooper, tuxfootball, tuxmath, tuxpuck, ufoai, unknown-horizons, warmux, warzone2100, wesnoth, widelands, xmoto Suggests: funguloids, pysolfc [...] So, I think that underlying packages are not installed because they are in Recommends. In fact, in the FAI conf files, the package appears like this: PACKAGES install-norec games-finest Is there a way to change this default behaviour in fai.me? Regards. -- Jean-Mathieu - Mail original - > De: "Dirk Geschke" > À: "fully automatic installation for Linux" > Envoyé: Mercredi 29 Novembre 2023 08:56:40 > Objet: Re: Installing metapackage with fai.me > Hi Thomas, > >> no there's not limit on the size, but games-finest is not a package >> name: >> >> $ apt show game-finest > > there is an 's' missing, it's games-finest: > > $ apt show games-finest > Package: games-finest > Version: 5 > Priority: optional > Section: metapackages > Source: debian-games > ... > > Looks like an interesting package for gaming... > > Best regards > > Dirk > > -- > +--+ >| Dr. Dirk Geschke / Plankensteinweg 61/ 85435 Erding| >| Telefon: 08122-559448 / Mobil: 0176-96906350 / Fax: 08122-9818106 | >| d...@geschke-online.de / d...@lug-erding.de / kont...@lug-erding.de | > +--+
