How Debian handles it
How Debian handles it
Posted Sep 29, 2008 15:41 UTC (Mon) by ceplm (subscriber, #41334)In reply to: How Debian handles it by Frej
Parent article: openSUSE and the distribution of proprietary software
I am not user of Debian (anymore), but non-free packages are very clearly differentiated not only by (quite opaque, true) vrms, but also by being in the separate branch of repostiroy. Eliminate non-free word from /etc/apt/sources.list and you won't get any of them.
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