installation of `standard' packages comes as a surprise
After dbootstrap installs the base system for me, and I reboot, the
Debian Task Installer gives me the option of choosing "task packages"
to install. If I choose "Quit" without having selected any packages,
I see about 50 packages getting installed (I assume these are the
"required" packages). Then the installation process stops, without a
word, and I'm looking at the "login:" prompt. Nothing wrong with
that, I suppose. But then, if I log in, run `deslect', choose
`[S]elect', hit Space, then Enter, I see 68 *more* packages --
presumably the Standard ones -- which I have yet to install. This is
weird. Why weren't these packages installed when I initially
installed Debian?
I think this is confusing, especially to first-time users. They may
have run dselect to get just one or two packages, and they will be
surprised to see 68 packages that they didn't ask for.
Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding something?
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