> Yes, you are right -norec does not install recommends. We have > PACKAGES install but in FAI.me it's currently hardcoded to use install-norec. > > > Is there a way to change this default behaviour in fai.me? > Currently not, but I will think about implementing it. Seems like a > nice feature to me. Another checkbox should do the job. > > I may change the FAI.me behaviour globally for some tests, maybe this > evening or tomorrow.
That'll be great, thank you very much. FYI, I'm doing a postinstall script that only removes certain packages that I don't want and that are provided via the metapackage. The checkbox is a good idea, but it globalizes the recommended packages for all packages, and the current default behaviour also has good reasons to be in place. If there is a mechanism for parsing packages "to be installed", a bit of "syntactic sugar" could refine the installation mechanism, like: 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) 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 I'm not aware of the complexity of implementing such a solution, but it was just a proposal that seemed interesting in terms of functionality ... Best regards. -- Jean-Mathieu > -- > viele Grüße Thomas