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On 10/02/2024 10:47, Björn Lundin wrote:
> On 2024-02-10 02:41, 68g.1503 wrote:
>> And hmmmm ... when IS the last time anyone actually
>> DID look-over wget's source code ??? The best place
>> to hide evil is inside something deemed "old and
>> reliable" .....
>
> Are you saying you are looking into EVERY package's source code you
> download via apt BEFORE you install it?
> Or are you saying that one should do it?
>
> Sounds bit hysterical to me.
>
> You do know that both wget and curl are provided by debian based (and
> most other ) distribution via their repository tool ?
>
> If you don't trust your distribution, you should switch, or roll your
> own distribution.
> But then - I guess you have lots of work ahead of you verifying/looking
> over source code ...
>
Not hard to build a simple wget clone using libcurl
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