On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:02:22PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > .... and having Essential in the Packages file makes it harder than it > could be to avoid Essential if the list was in /etc.
If the list is in /etc, an ignorant user may modify the list (remember, /etc is system-local!) and break their system. It is a *good* thing that Essential is hard to modify. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316001009.ga13...@celtic.nixsys.be
