On Wed 30 Jun 2021 at 08:43:51 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 06/26/2021 01:32 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 06/26/2021 12:31 PM, David Wright wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > I thought we had established last year that you need to install the
> > > initial system without Recommends:
> >
> > That is EXPLICITLY my goal. I vaguely recall attempting to follow some
> > suggestions which didn't end well ;{
> >
> > >
> > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/09/msg00436.html
> >
> > I don't recall that post.
> >
> > >
> > > and one possible answer was:
> > >
> > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/09/msg00441.html
> >
> > That has an intriguing section:
> > > > This the tail of basically the same installer cmdline I've been
> > > > using for Debian
> > > > for several years, Bullseye the last:
> > > > netcfg/get_nameservers=8.8.4.4 netcfg/confirm_static=true tasks=standard
> > > > base-installer/install-recommends=false GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
> >
> > I've lost my local copy of posts from that time period. I can't do it
> > today, but tomorrow I'll create a local copy of the thread to examine.
> >
>
> Now that I've reread all the "Re: LEAN Debian install: Exploring task
> selection menu" it triggered some memories. I don't recall just when I did
> it but I had tried including "install-recommends=false" somewhere in the
> command line. It failed. IIRC there's something hard-coded in part of the
> installer that ignores that directive just where I wanted it to have effect.
> Without my local references, I don't have the details.
IIRC isn't the soundest basis for making an assertion or claim. I would
suggest YAIITUW (yet another installtion in the usual way) would help
to clear up the matter. The D.I. syslog would be useful to glance at.
--
Brian.
