Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #235399

Re: IRC

Show all headers | View raw

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 01:29:44PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Now if what you are telling me is :
> That all software that I may run on my Linux box that are not inside the
> Debian repository will make my system a "frankendebian" and will entitle
> myself to be called off-topic and not worth having my message read, then
> honestly, I'll simply stop reading mailing list and go on my own.

First of all, this is exactly the kind of attitude I was talking about,
which we see *EXTREMELY FREQUENTLY* from Kali users especially.  If you
behave like this on any of the Debian IRC channels, you will get no help.

Second, no, not all third-party software makes your system unsupportable.
But *packages* that are installed from other distributions most certainly
do.

If you want to install third-party software, do so either by building
upstream NON-PACKAGED sources and installing directly in /opt or
/usr/local, or if you wish to use packages, use them only from trusted
sources.  That *especially* means no PPAs.

(What counts as trusted?  That's an open question, and pretty subjective.
Except for the PPA part.  Everyone agrees on those.)

> If this is not a Debian question then tell my what it is ?

These would be examples of Debian questions which an IRC channel could
reasonably hope to answer:

1) "Why isn't virtualbox in Debian?"

2) "How should I install virtualbox on Debian release _____?"

However, the following is *not*:

3) "I built a custom virtualbox package myself from Kali deb-src, and now
   I'm getting this error...."

That's what we can't support.  Especially in IRC, where questions should
be short and easy, not involving 8-hour diagnostic marathons.

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Re: IRC Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-19 19:00 +0200
  Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 19:40 +0200
    Re: IRC Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-19 20:10 +0200
      Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 20:20 +0200
        Re: IRC Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2021-05-19 20:30 +0200
          Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 21:10 +0200
        Re: IRC Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-19 20:30 +0200
          Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 21:10 +0200
          Re: IRC Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-05-19 21:30 +0200
            Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 21:50 +0200
        Re: IRC Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-05-19 20:40 +0200
          Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 20:50 +0200
            Re: IRC Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-05-19 21:00 +0200
          Re: IRC Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-05-19 22:20 +0200
    Re: IRC Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-19 21:10 +0200
      Re: IRC Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-19 21:20 +0200

csiph-web