supplying packages list by command line or env var rather than packages file

[adrelanos]

I find the need for the packages file not so pretty. Could you provide an option please for a command line or environment variable that contains a space (or w/e) delimited list of packages?

Any idea how that could be implemented? It's non obvious to me, because a the packages file is copied into the chroot.

I may or may not be able to provide a pull request for adding that option.

[hartwork]

It may be possible to use existing --debopt ... to pass --include=package1,package to debootstrap. I am not sure yet if

• it does work and
• if it is good enough from a user experience point of view.

[adrelanos]

Should do in theory, doesn't work due to yet to be reported bugs.

[adrelanos]

Should do in theory, doesn't work due to yet to be reported bugs.

Reported here:
#48

[mika]

This works for the usual™ package, just tested via:

--debopt "--verbose --include=zsh"

It would be indeed nice to have the option to install further packages by a simple command line option like --include-packages=foo,bar,... and install them via apt-get/aptitude in the main grml-debootstrap run (instead of leaving that to debootstrap), if someone comes up with a PR I'd happily accept that.

[suntong]

Should be fairly simple. I can help, after/pending #148.