ref: debian bug #775128
done in live-build auto-generated menu entries back in v5.0a3 for syslinux
(ba6b9adeff634845a9ab7cbd5218257a7aa254ab). was missing for grub entries
until a33938f8d47f23c23335ecf671b1db9afcd0b726 and
aadf8c4cacecc4664412c6bbc7b8e039e1dd772a.
The default installer image now includes the packages for all the
options available in tasksel during initial installation, so all
the kali-linux-* except kali-linux-everything and most of the
kali-desktop-*.
The netinst installer is causing too many issues for unexperienced
users that are installing without enabling the network. They are ending
up in a console and are stuck there. See https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=6053
and the many duplicates.
The live installer is not offering close control on what metapackage
gets installed but at least you are sure to have a usable system at the
end.
Debian defaults to linux-image-686 for i386 on all levels (simple-cdd,
debian-cd, debian-installer). Kali modified debian-installer to use
linux-image-686-pae in debian-installer (for the benefit of the live
image mainly!). We have to adjust simple-cdd (by way of the
kernel_packages configuration item) and debian-cd (with some live
patching of a copy).
The lack of "locales" resulted in a non-configured locales on initial
installation. The lack of eject means the ISO is never ejected at the
end of the installation. The lack of pciutils/usbutils likely has other
bad consequences.
In the live-build code, netinst and netboot have the same meaning,
and it means netboot, an installer that fetches the d-i udebs over
the network. But we don't want that, we want the udeb to be available
in the ISO so that it keeps working even after a kernel update in
kali-rolling.
It adds no value over the current setup. IIRC it was there to enable
completion by default but it's already enabled by default nowadays.
Also fixes the permission on /root as reported in
https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=5922
Lyndon Brown
Raphaël Hertzog
g0tmi1k
Raphaël Hertzog
Sophie Brun
Raphaël Hertzog