Re: [PROPOSAL] update-binfmts - manages the binfmt_misc kernel module
dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org wrote:
>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.)
OK, I see your point. I'd better use /var/lib/binfmts instead of
/var/lib/dpkg/binfmts, then, I suppose.
Thanks,
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@cam.ac.uk]
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