[Bug 351027] New: Text mode installation so minimal...
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351027 Summary: Text mode installation so minimal... Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: noelamac@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- .. to be useful* ;-). Just a point: text installation mode it takes only 400 MB. of hard disk. I mean, I am aware of the rest of the bugzillas opened (and closed) that talk about this same issue. And I am also aware that this will be a nonfix as it is one of that "features by design". O.K. I can understand your point, but I guess there are several administrators who really need a full server without any x server or any other GUI and they only need a console based (but full-featured) installed system. And by "full featured" I mean some "basic" packages installed by default, such as "cron", "postfix", some network utilities (ping, telnet, etc...), uuencode or metamail and so on. So, as the text installation pattern cannot be modified, it would be great to make a "server pattern" that matches a basic (but powerful) server installation with server environment-related packages installed, but just keeping the ncurses GUI. * And it is not useful because it can turn into a problem for admins. For example, as Postfix is not installed in this mode, when you are going to install "cron" (that is also not installed), "cron" adds "Exim" (another MTA) as required package, and both (cron and exim) are scheduled to be installed. And Exim is not always the choice for some users that were using Postfix for years, so if you are not really careful, you will get Exim installed on your system. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Benjamin Weber
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User suse-beta@cboltz.de added comment
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Christian Boltz
* And it is not useful because it can turn into a problem for admins. For example, as Postfix is not installed in this mode, when you are going to install "cron" (that is also not installed), "cron" adds "Exim" (another MTA) as required package,
I guess cron Requires: smtp_daemon, and both Postfix and Exit Provide: it. This is technically correct, but as you pointed out not a good default. (IIRC postfix is the default/preferred MTA on openSUSE.) IMHO you should open a separate bugreport about this - I'm quite sure there are ways to prefer postfix. (For example Recommends: postfix in cron.spec.) Regarding the package list: There was a discussion about this in the mailinglist, and the result was a very minimalistic base pattern, which can be extended with other patterns. But as Benjamin said, the patterns are not set in stone - feel free to discuss them on the opensuse-factory mailinglist. (reassigning to patterns component) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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