Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debian-installer
I am installing Intrepid with an "F6 - Other options" command line of
file=/cdrom/preseed/cli.seed priority=low initrd=/install/initrd.gz
quiet --
to install only the ubuntu-standard base system.
After the install is finished, the resulting system includes the
following packages:
libx11-6
libx11-data
libxau6
libxcb-xlib0
libxcb1
libxdmcp6
libxext6
libxmuu1
x11-common
xauth
I believe it is inappropriate for a CLI-only system install to pull in
any X11 packages. (The only exception is xkb-data, which is needed by
console-setup.) Indeed, all the above can be purged after the fact
without any fuss.
As far as I can tell, what happened here is that openssh-client has
"Recommends: xauth", and apt is configured to install recommended
packages when a metapackage is requested. So ubuntu-standard is
installed, which requires openssh-client, which recommends xauth, which
depends on all these various X libraries.
I don't know what the best solution to this may be---only that
x11-common and friends should not be present on a freshly-installed CLI
system.
(Side note: Is it sensible for openssh-client to recommend/suggest xauth
in the first place? As I understand it, that command is used on the
remote end when you are ssh-ing out. Indeed, openssh-server recommends
xauth, and there it makes sense.)
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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CLI install pulls in xauth (and other X11 deps)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293313
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