The fact that the terminal is not read-only is deliberate as some packages ask questions in their maintainer (postinst etc) scripts using commands like "read". Because there is no policy that forbids this, we have to support it.
The fact that the terminal is not read-only is deliberate as some packages ask questions in their maintainer (postinst etc) scripts using commands like "read". Because there is no policy that forbids this, we have to support it.