On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 05:42:28PM +0000, Howard Young wrote: > Hello, > > Another dully question. > Has anyone attempted to configure a browser so that it is able to > install packages? > > An example is the firefox java install. > > So say someone comes along to another site called > carbonfootprinttracker.com and is asked to download a plugin called > carbonfootprinttracker which is in the apt package list and will then be > installed at the click of the users button. > > Another question is. > A method of asking the user if they would like an apt source added to > their sources.list > Be it rather dangerous. > No kidding that is dangerous. Do the words "drive-by download" mean anything to you? What you want is universally bad and I consider it a very nice feature that Firefox/Debian do not allow that sort of thing to happen. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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