Fwd: Running component tasksel

[Colin Watson]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:47:55AM +0000, Evan Dandrea wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 10:36 AM, juffinhalli <juffinhalli at yandex.ru> wrote:
> > At one stage the alternate install Ubuntu starts the dialogue package
> > selection. It is a work tool called "tasksel" and installing always
> > starts with the key "- new-install"
> > This fact was discovered here (file postinst, line 140)
> > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-
> > installer/pkgsel/master/files/head:/debian/
> >
> > As a result, regardless of the preferences of the user in any case will
> > be installed "ubuntu-standard"
> > Unfortunately this is not always the right solution. Installing with
> > debootstrap or Ubuntu Core is also not suitable for my goals
> > To solve this problem, I need to remove the key "- new-install" when you
> > run the installation program tasksel

I sorted this out by private mail, but didn't notice that there was a
copy on the list.  For the record, the answer was as follows:

That's a more difficult solution to your problem than you need.
Instead, you can stop ubuntu-standard being installed using preseeding.
Put this line in your preseed file:

  tasksel tasksel/skip-tasks string standard

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]