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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2010-02-22 04:05:32 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2010-02-22 04:05:32 +0000
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downloadinstallation-guide-449613c6eee5b423e661d97c19af51c62a8e9e12.zip
Explain about installation of Recommends in the using-d-i chapter
Note that Recommends are note installed during base system installation.
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@@ -408,19 +408,10 @@ installation.
<term>base-installer/install-recommends (recommends)</term>
<listitem><para>
-When packages are installed using the package management system, it will
-by default also install packages that are recommended by those packages.
-Recommended packages are not strictly required for the core functionality
-of the selected software, but they do enhance that software and should,
-in the view of the package maintainers, normally be installed together
-with that software.
-
-</para><para>
-
By setting this option to <userinput>false</userinput>, the package
-management system will be configured to not automatically install such
+management system will be configured to not automatically install
<quote>Recommends</quote>, both during the installation and for the
-installed system.
+installed system. See also <xref linkend="di-install-base"/>.
</para><para>