begin quoting Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade as of Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 04:37:43PM -0800:
> On Friday 11 March 2005 04:20 pm, Stewart Stremler wrote:
> > I will presumably get a better idea if it compiles from source.
>
> You will _read_ the sources, first, right? I mean, if you can't trust the
> installer, why can you trust the sources?
>
> ;)
It's the competence and attitude that I don't trust.
Malice is an issue, but that's why I archive the source. Chase down the
vendor after the fact[1].
And I may refuse to try to compile it after looking at the sources
anyway. Just the other day I found:
blah blah blah
if(!(variable)) {
goto l1;
}
some_other_variable=some_function_call();
l1:
blah blah blah
Generally, a WTF? moment, and indicative that I don't want to let these
folks have anything to do with anything on MY system. The only excuses
I can think of is that (a) it's a case of someone trying to write optimal
code, or (b) it's generated code.
-Stewart "The code was REALLY slow without -O2, so I'm going with (a)" Stremler
[1] I suspect that this will be how the FSF gets dissovled -- a lawyer-laden
corporation uses GNU software, someone inserts a compromise into a
rarely-looked-at tool, compromises said corporation, and corporation
sues the FSF into oblivion, gaining all the intellectual property (all
those copyrights assigned to the FSF!) in the process. I think it's
only a matter of /when/, especialy if GNU software truly finishes choking
out alternatives.
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