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xoma

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Registered: 2013-08-10

Posts: 17

Sourceforge has been helping bundle adware with certain programs

https://sourceforge.net/blog/today-we-o … -software/

This is rather old but I didn't hear about it.  Is this of any concern when installing a package from the AUR?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Sourceforge has been helping bundle adware with certain programs

PKGBUILDs grab just the source, I think that SF blog post refers to binaries & installation wizards.