Re: Proposal: New source format (was Re: [Fwd: Re: dpkg question])
On Sun, 11 May 1997, Joey Hess wrote:
> Kai Henningsen:
> > Remember: no shell scripts in the source packages that are needed for
> > unpacking. It's just too dangerous.
>
> I don't understand why this is more dangerous than debian/rules. Why?
You don't get to review it before it's run.
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