Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 20:28:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Speaking of packaging tools.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980425202616.28201I-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19980426051043.29132@follo.net>
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On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 1998 at 07:58:38PM -0700, Alex wrote: > > Here's a little something that was posted to the kde-devel mailing list. > > It only generates ELF binaries which isn't a huge problem, because it > > doesn't seem to use anything from libc. Perhaps this could prove useful > > in revamping pkg_*. And, yes, it does work nicely (without ELF libs). > > Neat - but do we really want to go in the direction of packages that > can contain trojans? Personally I wouldn't like running a > self-extracting archive, at least... You can use that argument against any binary packaging system AFAIK, esp. those that run scripts before and/or after installing the package. Think about if someone made a rogue colorls package, installed by root... Also, when was the last time you heard about someone getting an infected copy of the WinZip sea (Considering the ## of Windows shareware mirrors and the linke..)? - alex "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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