[TUHS] Generational development [was Re: Re: Early GUI on Linux]

[segaloco via TUHS]

The official Rust book lists a blind script grab from a website piped into a shell as their "official" install mechanism.

To make matters worse, you can't "-O" it with curl as it is the root of its host, so no filename...

- Matt G.

------- Original Message -------
On Monday, February 27th, 2023 at 12:55 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul at iitbombay.org> wrote:


> On Feb 27, 2023, at 12:50 PM, Chet Ramey chet.ramey at case.edu wrote:
> 
> > Or the horror show that is
> > 
> > wget -O - https://some-random-place/random-script.sh | bash
> > 
> > (or worse, | sudo bash).
> > 
> > Seriously, people, just stop depending so completely on the kindness of
> > strangers.
> 
> 
> Beware of geeks bearing gifts!