[arch-general] `base` group replaced by mandatory `base` package - manual intervention required

[Marc Ranolfi]

Right. Thanks guys.


Marc

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 1:22 AM Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general <
arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> Em outubro 7, 2019 1:02 Marc Ranolfi via arch-general escreveu:
> >> The `base` group has been replaced by a metapackage of the same name, we
> > advise users to install this package (`pacman -Syu base`), as it is
> > effectively mandatory from now on.
> >
> > Please, was this discussed somewhere? I want to know the details, and
> > gather what is needed to update the 'Installation guide' article in the
> > wiki. In particular, I want to understand why essential packages for new
> > installations, such as the kernel and a text editor, are not included
> > (actually I see the kernel is an optional dependency).
> >
> >
>
> Yes, this was discussed over the years in several threads. The most recent
> being [0].
>
> Lacking a kernel is mainly for container based environments. And some
> superfluous
> packages were also removed from the group, like an editor.
>
> The necessary changes to the installation guide were already made [1].
>
> Regards,
> Giancarlo Razzolini
>
>
> https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2019-January/029435.html
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide#Install_the_base_packages