On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 12:26:15AM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > is there a policy on whether an executable is permitted to update itself? i > personally believe that in order to maintain the security of the system, apt > and apt alone should be used to install software updates. recently i > submitted a bug on azureus about how it should not urge users to install > updates outside of apt (http://bugs.debian.org/405997), which was quickly > closed by the maintainer.
jftr, the bug was not closed, but tagged wontfix. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
