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.