On 2015-09-11, Paul van der Vlis <p...@vandervlis.nl> wrote: > Op 10-09-15 om 11:33 schreef Liam O'Toole: >> On 2015-09-09, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Wednesday 09 September 2015 20:46:42 Paul van der Vlis wrote: >>>> When I need a package from deb-multimedia, I use wget and dpkg. >>> >>> A constructive suggestion! That is obviously a good idea. >> >> I would call it a kludge, at best. Using wget and dpkg is to invite what >> used to be called 'RPM hell'. > > Use "apt-get -f install" after installing a package with dependencies. > This will get packages from Debian. If it does need another package from > e.g. deb-multimedia, you have to use wget and dpkg again, and then you > know you have to monitor another package.
Like I said: a kludge. > >> It also runs the risk of missing security updates to packages. > > Realise that when you put a repo in your sources list, you normally give > control to that repo to install everything they want on your computer. Not when you pin the repository appropriately, as I have indicated elsewhere. > And to make a complete mess out of your computer. Is that good security? I would say yes in this case. The maintainer of deb-multimedia is a well-established Debian developer. > > I want to know exactly what packages are not coming from Debian. That's easy to determine. -- Liam
