tasksel (woody)

[Ronan KERYELL]

I still have a question asked during the FAI :

Calling task_instsoft
Installing software may take a while
/sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/DEFAULT
/sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/KERNEL_SOFT
/sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/BASE
/sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/REACTIVE
/sbin/install_packages: read config file /fai/package_config/Reactive3
chroot /tmp/target tasksel -n install file-server basic-desktop c-dev french des
ktop tex unix-server print-server
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
Sorry, telnet is already the newest version.
Sorry, manpages is already the newest version.
Sorry, man-db is already the newest version.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  aalib1 asclock-themes autoconf2.13 autotools-dev bc cpp-2.95 defoma dialog
  eject emacsen-common esound-common file g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 gconf gdk-imlib1
  gnome-bin gnome-core gnome-libs-data gnome-panel-data gsfonts iconx imlib1
  ispell kdelibs3 lesstif1 libart2 libaudiofile0 libbz2-1.0 libc6-dev 
  libcapplet0 libcupsys2 libdb2-util libdps1 libesd0 libexpat1 libfreetype6
  libgconf11 libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libghttp1 libgimp1.26.deb) ...
  libglade-gnome0 libglade0 libglib1.2 libgnome-vfs0 libgnome32
  libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba27 libgnorbagtk0 libgpmg1 libgtk1.2
  libgtkxmhtml1 libgtop1 libjpeg62 libkpathsea3 liblcms libmng1 libmpeg1
  libnetpbm9 liboaf0 liborbit0 libpanel-applet0 libpaperg libpng2 libqt2
  libscrollkeeper0 libstdc++2.10-dev libtiff3g libungif4g libwww0 libxaw7) ree..
  libxml1 libxml2 libzvt2 locales m4 mc-common netpbm nfs-common oaf perl
  perl-modules portmap python2.1 samba-common scrollkeeper svgalibg1 texinfo
  xaw3dg xbase-clients xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable
  xfree86-common xlibmesa3 xlibs xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xutils zlib1g
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  aalib1 abiword asclock-themes autoconf autoconf2.13 automake autoproject
  autotools-dev bc bibindex bibtool binutils bison bsdgames c2man cflow cpp
  cpp-2.95 cutils cvs cxref defoma dialog doc-debian-fr doc-linux-fr dvidvi
  eject emacs20 emacsen-common esound esound-common file finger fingerd flex
  ftpd g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gconf gdb gdk-imlib1 gdm gettext gimp1.2
  glibc-doc gmc gnome-applets gnome-bin gnome-control-center gnome-core
  gnome-help gnome-libs-data gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session
  gnome-terminal gnome-users-guide gnome-utils gs gsfonts gv hyperlatex iconx
  ifrench-gut imlib-base imlib1 indent ispell kcalc kdelibs3 lacheck
  language-env latex2html lesstif1 libart2 libaudiofile0 libbz2-1.0 libc6-dev 
  libcapplet0 libcupsys2 libdb2-util libdps1 libesd0 libexpat1 libfreetype6
  libgconf11 libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libghttp1 libgimp1.26.deb) ...
  libglade-gnome0 libglade0 libglib1.2 libgnome-vfs0 libgnome32
  libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui32 libgnorba27 libgnorbagtk0 libgpmg1 libgtk1.2
  libgtkxmhtml1 libgtop1 libjpeg62 libkpathsea3 liblcms libmng1 libmpeg1
  libnetpbm9 liboaf0 liborbit0 libpanel-applet0 libpaperg libpng2 libqt2
  libscrollkeeper0 libstdc++2.10-dev libtiff3g libtool libungif4g libwww0) ree..
  libxml1 libxml2 libzvt2 locales m4 mc-common netpbm nfs-common oaf perlaw71 libxml2 libzvt2 liwc locales lpr ltrace m4 magicfilter maker svgalibg1 texinfo
  manpages-dev manpages-fr mc-common menu metrics mpage mtr netcat nethack  e
  netpbm nfs-common nfs-kernel-server nowebm oaf patch pdksh perl perl-modules
  portmap pstoedit psutils python2.1 samba samba-common samba-doc screen
  scrollkeeper smbclient smbfs stl-manual strace svgalibg1 swat talk talkd tcsh
  telnetd tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-doc tetex-extra texinfo traceroute untex
  wfrench x-window-system-core xaw3dg xbase-clients xfig xfonts-100dpi
  xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-intl-european xfonts-scalable xfree86-common
  xlibmesa3 xlibs xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xtel xutils ytalk zlib1g zsh
0 packages upgraded, 198 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
Need to get 177MB of archives. After unpacking 473MB will be used.
.9.11-3 [109kB]continue? [Y/n]

Is it related to my 
PACKAGES taskinst
#file-server
basic-desktop
c-dev
french
#database-server
#web-server
desktop
#dns-server
#mail-server
tex
#unix-server
#print-server
?

May be a
tasksel -n -q
followed by a forced apt-get could be better ?

Thank you,
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