Tzafrir Cohen dijo [Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 07:08:05AM +0000]: > > > - Having files *vital* to the system not tracked by dpkg is > > > counter-productive. At the very least it thwarts the most basic and > > > obvious way of integrity protection. > > > > Dpkg is not tripwire. If you think you can rely on dpkg for checking > > data integrity, you are fooling yourself. > > Many of those modules distributed by dkms are ones that the user is also > likely to try installing on his own from source. debsums helps answering > the question: "oh here's a little module, I wonder where it came from?" > > Do not assume everybody maintaining the system know of dkms (or of m-a > or such). Knowledge of debsums or equivalent should be assumed from > anybody maintaining a Debian system.
What does "maintain" mean to you? Do you think that everybody who bought a Nokia 810 tablet or similar uses it on a daily basis? They _are_ maintained a Debian-based system. Do regular Ubuntu desktop users know (or care) about it? Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
