[EROS-Arch] Installers

[Ben Laurie]

Bill Frantz wrote:
> 
> Somewhere I can't exactly track down now, someone compared a built-in
> installer (e.g. RPM) with an executable installation script.

Since RPMs can run scripts, it wasn't a very interesting comparison!

>  Given that to
> be flexible enough for real-world installations, an installation scripting
> language probably needs to be Touring complete, there is not much
> difference in exposure between the two approaches.

? "Turing complete" != "total access to my hard disk". Ever hear of
these cool things called capabilities? :-)

Cheers,

Ben.

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