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Re: New Install May Have a Bug
On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 09:52, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
> > What you are talking about is metapackages, which are implemented via
> > categories, but need a new screen to allow the choice - simply for user
> > clarity - as setup.exe can handle those packages now.
>
>
> Right, but the 'Base' category is both a "category" in the sense you
> describe, AND a metapackage(sortof) -- simply because everything in
> 'Base' is automatically installed.
>
> Hence "add foo to 'Base'" really means "add foo to 'required' metapackage".
>
> But I get what you're saying; 'Base' seems to be THE special case. In
> all other cases, 'categories' != 'metapackage'
>
Thanks for putting so clearly Chuck, yes that is what I am saying.
Rob
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