>>>>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:30:33 +0100 (CET), Jean-Mathieu Chantrein >>>>> <jean-mathieu.chantr...@univ-angers.fr> said:
> 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) We cannot use + and - because this is also used by apt/apt-get. man apt says: "The requested action can be overridden for specific packages by appending a plus (+) to the package name to install this package or a minus (-) to remove it." In FAI itself we use different sections in a config file for install or install-norec. This could be added to the FAIme web page by just adding another input field. By do not expect that to be implemented as fast as yesterday ;-) > 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 apt/apt-get already supports * as glob pattern, but I'm not sure if FAI also allows this. -- Thomas