Re: don't upgrade! libpam problem!

[joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij)]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:44:40AM -0700, Adam McKenna wrote:
> There's a certain amount of breakage that's acceptable -- a breakage that
> kills all access to the system is unacceptable, especially if it's easily 
> avoided by the maintainer simply testing the package before uploading it.

In all fairness, testing is not always as simple as that.

I agree that uploading a package with "rm -rf /${var_with_tpyo_in_it}"
in the config script is certainly worth frowning upon, but other cases
are not that evident or depend on local peculiarities.

Cheers,


Joost