Hi, > At this point > the only viable option is to uncheck everything, install as a bare base > system and then deal with package inclusion post-install reboot.
This is also my experience. It's also something I repeatedly had to explain to friends installing Debian, who had false expectations based on this task selection. They are often surprised to find Exim on their system just because they checked "standard system utilities", or an NFS server (which IIRC is installed unconditionally). Having separate tasks for mail and NFS servers, would IMHO be a good step in the right direction. I tried to find out what tools are pulled in by "standard system utilities", but couldn't find the package in aptitute. "SSH Server" is the only task I consider actually useful. I don't have "Laptop" installed on my laptop, as I don't need either acpi nor pm-utils (since I'm on systemd). Also, what's laptop-specific about ACPI or wireless-tools or pm-utils? Desktop computers can just as well have wireless, or use suspend. Kind regards Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/540d96d7.5090...@ralfj.de