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minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 days agoIt’s worth knowing that .deb files can contain setup scripts that get run as root when installed, so you should trust them too.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 days agoYeah. They all come with risks, but I psychologically struggle to run shell scripts unless I know what’s in them. And the same brain dysfunction makes my automatically distrust a script that doesn’t set pipefail.
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoThat definitely makes sense. Also, the scripts in a .deb should be incredibly short and readable, if you choose to check them out.
It’s worth knowing that .deb files can contain setup scripts that get run as root when installed, so you should trust them too.
Yeah. They all come with risks, but I psychologically struggle to run shell scripts unless I know what’s in them. And the same brain dysfunction makes my automatically distrust a script that doesn’t set pipefail.
That definitely makes sense. Also, the scripts in a .deb should be incredibly short and readable, if you choose to check them out.