Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Tollef Fog Heen]

* Karl Hegbloom 

| On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 12:36 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
| >
| > I would recommend not modifying the ubuntu-desktop package, because that
| > will create upgrade issues if somebody wants to upgrade from one of your
| > CDs to plain Ubuntu. Just have base-config install the extra packages
| > you want.
| 
| Is there a simple mechanism for doing so?

I'd just make debootstrap install the extra packages you need with
base_include in .disk on the cd.  Note that this means you have to
track dependencies by hand, so if it's a package with many
dependencies you are installing, this is most likely not the way to
go.

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