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by drran 1327 days ago
So what? I can inspect downloaded code and find the backdoor, or a trojan, or an error. I did it few times already in last 30 years. If you cannot do that doesn't mean that nobody can. But I cannot do that with `curl | bash`.
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If you can't save the output of curl into a file, you certainly aren't one of the few people capable of meaningfully inspecting anything you download.
I cam do that on MY machine. I cannot do that on your. I can download code, inspect it, install, and then create a RPM package, which can be installed in a safe way by DNF package manager, but I cannot do that with `curl | bash` method of installation.
>I can download code, inspect it, install, and then create a RPM package, which can be installed in a safe way by DNF package manager, but I cannot do that with `curl | bash` method of installation.

But you can?