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by dhj 3926 days ago
Sounds like a security nightmare.
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kryptiskt 3926 days ago
How so? A Debian package can run arbitrary code as root on install. A Nix script can hardly be unsafer than that.
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dhj 3926 days ago
Ah. Good point. I expected dpkg to handle data blobs that were allowed to be moved into specific locations. I guess that would make post install configs impossible.
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