[Gllug] Redhat / Debian / X reversion

[Paul Cupis]

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On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 14:17, Doug Winter <doug at pigeonhold.com> wrote:
> On Sat 07 Jun James de Lurker wrote:
> > Being forced to deal with everything initially, only to turn most
> > of it off later is a complete no-no. If you use signature change
> > detection stuff ( like tripwire ) it is a real bastard to
> > continually rebuild policies as you add new applications. Better to
> > set it up to cover everything that you intend to use over the life
> > of that particular installed box, and have done with it. Even if
> > the default configurations are not installed and working. The
> > signature changes reported are an invaluable guide to what is
> > happening at a file level when attempts at configuration and
> > upgrades are made later.
>
> You don't have to do this - For production systems I choose the
> minimum in tasksel (where you select whether it's a dev box, or
> whether you want desktop), and then skip dselect completely.

Another way to do this is to not run tasksel at all, then run dselect 
but quit without changing anything (or select whatever you want). This 
will get you a 'base' Debian install, which can easily be added to.

> Then I just apt-get stuff as I need it - it makes for a much smaller
> install, which is much better for production.

Quite.

Regards,

Paul Cupis
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paul at cupis.co.uk

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