On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > A number of people have attempted or succeeded in using dpkg-nondebbin > or a dpkg compiled on their local systems to install Debian without > using the bootstrap floppies. As far as I am aware, this will yield a > system that is broken in various ways (non-debian files in the system > directories, things not configured, etc.). At the very least we should > discourage this procedure.
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.
