ubuntu can damage your hardware? (radeontool)

[Øivind Hoel]

Well, radeontool is from the universe repo, and as such, will never
get pulled in unless you've done this yourself...

On 10/4/05, Wouter Stomp <wouterstomp at gmail.com> wrote:
> The latest update installed radeontool on my computer. From the
> description of radeontool in synaptic:
>
> WARNING: Radeontool code has not been completely audited and may contain bugs
> that could damage your hardware. Use at your own risk.
>
> I think either this is not mature enough to be included in ubuntu by
> default or this warning message should be toned down a little... I
> don't think a lot of people will feel very comfortable installing this
> on their computer with the current description. How safe or dangerous
> is this package?
>
> Wouter.
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