Hello, Make sure I think dpkg is a great tool..
home:/root# echo $(grep -c "dpkg" .bash_history)/$(wc -l .bash_history) 40/502 On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 05:06 +0300, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 21:37:28 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > I suggest to modify dpkg so it refuse to install package, unless the > > option "--insecure" is specified. Such option's manpage description > > would be : > > That'd be mostly just annoying for no actual benefit. It would break > existing software using 'dpkg -i' Honestly, that's why I didn't file a bug to actually request it ;) But I do think that individual .deb files shouldn't be distributed by developers/vendors. Also, "dpkg -i" should not be over-advertised to end-users (neither similar tools). wiki.d.o has 72 pages with "dpkg -i". google's `"dpkg -i" site:lists.debian.org/debian-user/` has 10900 hits ... That's bad. Doing : echo "deb http://foo.com/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/foo aptitude update aptitude install foo Isn't more complex : cd /tmp wget http://foo.com/path/to/foo.deb dpkg -i foo.deb > > * This option would be an effective solution to educate new users. > > * For the same reason, we should remove gdebi's "Install" button. > > I don't think this kind of punishment would educate any users. So I > don't see this being implemented in dpkg, sorry. It isn't about punishing end-user. It's about doing something the right way (i.e end-user shouldn't use "dpkg -i" at all) Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]