On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 14:41 -0400, Hubert Chathi wrote: > > No, they can't. Not without your expressed consent... > [...] > > They can't, if they just use the normal Debian archive contents. > However, packages can do all sorts of things via installation scripts. > > Then again, the package could hide all sorts of things. (Think: > trojaned binary.) If you don't trust your package source, you shouldn't > install their packages.
I'm not worried about a malicious packages. I am more concerned that a 3rd party deb damages the system by mistake. By default I install all 3rd party binary and source packages in a ~/programs folder. That way I don't have to worry about fubaring my system. I like to do something like that for deb packages too. Who knows a good solution? -- Regards, Aniruddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
