On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 03:25, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > > RHN provides some nice features if you need to use them. But most > > people don't need them. Use apt-get/synaptic and have no worries. > > Use apt-get and let someone else have root access on your machine. You > are aware that every rpm you install can contain scripts which run as > root? It's just a question of who you trust more, Red Hat or the > freshrpms (+ every other apt source you specify) people... I'd trust Matthias' rpms as much as those from RHN. But I've had experience with him as a RH mirror. It's true that there's a very real security issue with how rpm works but freshrpms and falshope have been quite reliable over the years. -- Paradise; can it be all I heard it was? I close my eyes and maybe I'm already there.
