On Thu, 7 Dec 1995, Ian Jackson wrote: > Bill Mitchell writes ("Re: dpkg-nondebbin and improper system installation"): > > Perhaps dpkg-nondebin should check if it's running on a debian > > system and, if it is, either refuse to proceed or issue a strong > > warning. > > No, that's not the problem. The problem (as I understand it) is > people untarring nondebbin, using it to install the base over the top > of whatever they have already, and then ending up with a mess that > they think is Debian.
Sounds like we have a communications problem with our prospective debian installers, then. We need to communicate better what nondebbin is and is not, and that changing a distribution X installation to a Debian installation involves more than installing packages.