ubuntu can damage your hardware? (radeontool)

[Øivind Hoel]

Discard that message. I just noticed this too. acpi-supports seems to
have started depending on it for some reason, and I can't fetch the
changelog of this package atm...

On 10/4/05, Øivind Hoel <oivind.hoel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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