Previously Itai Zukerman wrote: > Your assertion is, I think, something along the lines of, "What if I > don't have access to the Foo origin data?" My response to that is, > "Well, where did you get the package with origin Foo? You should be > able to get the Foo origin file from the same place."
So what if a friend gives me a floppy with a package and I have no idea where it comes from and only email net access? That does happen. Think of getting an Oracle CD with debs on it that you can't get from the net, where do you get the package containing the origin from then? The whole idea is that a deb is self-contained and doesn't rely on you needing anything else. > Do you mean, using Debian .debs on non-Debian systems? Yes. Wichert. -- ________________________________________________________________ / Generally uninteresting signature - ignore at your convenience \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.liacs.nl/~wichert/ | | 1024D/2FA3BC2D 576E 100B 518D 2F16 36B0 2805 3CB8 9250 2FA3 BC2D |
