Initial work on a package to address the Third Party Package Managar issue.

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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+#
+# This is the script companion to the ALPM-hook file TPPM.hook
+# The purpose of this script is to warn about Third Party Package Managers
+
+#Get and print the offending Package name from stdin
+read PACKAGE
+echo -e "\n*** "$PACKAGE" ***\n"
+
+#Print the big scary warning
+cat  << EOF
+This is a Third Party Package Manager.
+
+  By Installing this Third party package manager you assume all responsibility for
+any system or freedom issues it may cause as there is no viable way for Parabola
+Devs to police the packages provided by this Third party package manager. 
+
+To be clear, using this software may:
+
+  Result in violation of one or all of your four freedoms.
+  Result in you system becoming broken or unstable.
+  All of the above.
+
+  If you absolutely need the above package you'll have to uninstall 
+your-system-sanity first.
+EOF
+
+#Exit with fail so package is not installed.
+exit 1