Talk:Autopackage
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Someone added this (taken from Joey Hess's blog)
- Autopackage package cannot be extracted by anything except autopackage or a reimplementation of it.
- No formal design documentation
- Its not possible to extract Autopackage package without running it - big security problem.
While there are criticisms of Autopackage, the above aren't valid. I removed it for now, as it's not really correct. However, because I'm an Autopackage dev, I don't really feel comfortable writing something about it, maybe someone else can add something?
Just for the record:
Autopackage package cannot be extracted by anything except autopackage or a reimplementation of it.
You can use standard UNIX tools to extract an Autopackage (Use cut and tar to extract a .package)
No formal design documentation
Autopackages are explicitly designed to be installed by Autopackage. Other tools shouldn't attempt to install them. The design is documented, to a certain extent, in files and comments in the code.
Its not possible to extract Autopackage package without running it - big security problem.
It is possible, like I explained above (with cut and tar). I'm guessing this is a summary of this Gentoo post. What's a trusted tool?
tmorton 06:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
AS developer of this tool you are not allowed to edit this entry ! ITS NOT COMMERCIAL ON TV ! I have changed a criticizm a littelbit and now you CANT remove it.
