Installing metapackage with fai.me

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:30:33 +0100 (CET), Jean-Mathieu Chantrein <jean-mathieu.chantrein at univ-angers.fr> said:


    > package-name: install in no-rec mode
    > package-name+: include recommended packages by package-name
    > package-name- : exclude package-name from the installation (syntax used by apt)
We cannot use + and - because this is also used by apt/apt-get. man apt says:
"The requested action can be overridden for specific packages by
appending a plus (+) to the package name to install this package or a minus (-) to remove it."


In FAI itself we use different sections in a config file for install
or install-norec. This could be added to the FAIme web page by just
adding another input field. By do not expect that to be implemented as
fast as yesterday ;-)


    > Along the same lines, we could also add a wilcard (perhaps this is already the case ...):
    > package-name* : installs all packages starting with package-name in no-rec mode (syntax used by apt)
    > package-name*+: installs all packages starting with package-name in recommended mode
apt/apt-get already supports * as glob pattern, but I'm not sure if
FAI also allows this.

-- 
 Thomas