[Tails-dev] Removing packages from Tails for testing smaller…

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Autor: Thomas Benjamin
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All,

Is there any particular good procedure for removing packages from Tails, or
must one keep trying to build until all dependencies have been removed?

Example: in chroot_local-hooks/98-remove_unwanted_files there are a number
of files that come with packages from
chroot_local-packageslists/tails-common.list such that when those packages
are removed from tails-common.list the build breaks because if those files
do not exist the rm command fails. (and I don't understand why the -f
parameter is not used so that the build will not fail if that package is
not included).

By manually adding the -f parameter to all rm operations in that file I was
able to complete a build with those specific packages not included (the
open office packages).

Now I have experimented with removing two more packages (audacity and
cups), and have a fresh set of build errors.

Advice? (and if this an FAQ pointer please to the documentation)

TIA.

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     Sincerely Yours,
                                Thomas S. Benjamin