Bug#1017446: debian-policy: stress that preinst script that install by using base64 decode on self an elf binary is not a good stuff

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:


    Bill> What if the user change their CPU afterward ?  This should
    Bill> probably be tested at boot time instead.

There was a long thread on debian-devel about the potential issues with
isa-support:
https://lists.debian.org/Yj5DaZgAcdGTP3s6@angband.pl

So, what you say is true, but isa-support has an existing interface it
needs to stay consistent with that involves checking at install time.
I think we're all agreed that we want to find alternatives to that
interface, but the policy question is about what ways of implementing
the existing interface are consistent with policy.