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Re: [PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module



On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 04:36:00PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> 3) Where should this go? The obvious place is dpkg, but am I being too
>    arrogant there? It feels too small for its own package, though.

I like the idea, but I think it should go in its own package, like 
menu. For one thing, a lot of admins may not like the arbitrary 
enabling of executable formats in the kernel. This is true especially
in its experimental phase (sort of like debconf is now.)

-- 
David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
Only a nerd would worry about wrong parentheses with
square brackets. But that's what mathematicians are.
   -- Dr. Burchard, math professor at OSU


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