Debian 12.2 Rsync missing from installation

compis · 10-14-2023, 10:54 AM

Debian version 12.2 AMD xfce,
SHA256 7e3d33bbf035567c744012e00f9bc377a49f16ce8aab2e0bbf7b71a632ea9336

The live version after installed does not have the command rsync installed but it is present in the live version before installation, thereby misleading users. I brought it to the attention of the Debian forum in version 12.1 they say they corrected but it Rsync still does not exist ? The Debian forum closed this query.

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=156162

Why is the command which is in there package list missing from the installation ?

https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd...e.iso.packages

pan64 · 10-14-2023, 11:03 AM

If I understand well rsync is a package which can be installed on your host - if you wish. Why do you think it must be installed unconditionally?

compis · 10-15-2023, 02:21 PM

I understand it can be installed manually. The reason it should be installed is the package manager URL I provided above shows it should be installed but is not.

pan64 · 10-16-2023, 02:03 AM

the packages file contains the list of available packages that are included in that image, not the installed packages

compis · 10-20-2023, 11:52 PM

Isn't the point of a live install is to demonstrate what the installed version would be like without installing ?

pan64 · 10-21-2023, 04:14 AM

Yes, you can install rsync on any system, and you can do it exactly the same way using a live install. But a live install will not automatically install all the available packages, that would not really work.

compis · 11-04-2023, 09:10 AM

As of version 12.2 Debian live XFCE sha256:7e3d33bbf035567c744012e00f9bc377a49f16ce8aab2e0bbf7b71a632ea9336 still does not include rsync in the installed version of the live version despite the debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-xfce.iso.packages list showing rsync 3.2.7-1 being available.

boughtonp · 11-04-2023, 10:47 AM

Nobody here can do anything about this.

If you have identified a bug in the Live packaging and/or the installer, then raise it at bugs.debian.org

compis · 11-05-2023, 06:17 PM

I have informed Debian and was wondering if this ommision was only for XFCE desktop.

compis · 11-07-2023, 04:51 AM

It looks like Debian is not going to do anything about this missing installation file even though they initially acknowledge it missing.

For debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-xfce.iso, sha256:7e3d33bbf035567c744012e00f9bc377a49f16ce8aab2e0bbf7b71a632ea9336 is missing rsync on installtion of the live version and this was reported on debian-live-12.-amd64-xfce.iso. this is confirmed by the debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-xfce.iso.packages.

pan64 · 11-07-2023, 04:52 AM

how can we find that acknowledgement?

compis · 11-15-2023, 01:12 AM

find acknowledgement ?

i provided a sha256 to verify the download you can install it yourself to find that rsync is missing.