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On 7 Nov 1997, Andrew J Cosgriff wrote:

> ...well, going by what you've said below, you're more distrusting
> precompiled binaries of any form rather than RedHat/Debian packages in
> themselves.

Heck, those binaries come with the Linux distribution itself, so millions
of people have installed them before (if you get them from a reliable
source). The same could be said about source packages, I could include a
little bit of C code in an obscure place, when run as root will delete
your partitions. Somebody who doesn't inspect the package properly will
get the same problems.

Package mangement is a good evolution in Linux computing. It makes
installations of many computers that much easier, and makes administration
easier as well.

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