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To: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@unfix.org>
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Subject: Re: Base Package?
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Another option would be to have the starting
installation include some "already installed"
packages.  That way, you could install the basic
system very quickly from a single tarfile,
but with a pre-populated package database
that would allow you to remove or update
particular pieces very easily.

Certainly, there are a lot of people who need
to be able to update or manually manage some
critical pieces that are currently just bundled
into the core system and are thus difficult
to update cleanly.  E.g., perl, sendmail, bind,
openssh, etc.

			- Tim

Jeroen Massar wrote:
> 
> Hmmm... maybe not the correct place to ask but...
> 
> Are there any plans to make the base tar also a real package.
> Essentially I would like to see the base tar like:
> 
> base depends on:
>  base-binaries
>  base-config
>  sendmail
>  bind
>  opensshd
>  ...
> 
> This way one won't get the clashes when one installs base (which includes
> OpenSSH) and later want to add a newer version etc...


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