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I've upgraded my Macbook Air since Lion without issue. There's no reason to expect trouble coming from the new security features as homebrew/macports as well as
by asdfjkln 11y ago
I've upgraded my Macbook Air since Lion without issue. There's no reason to expect trouble coming from the new security features as homebrew/macports as well as sane make scripts default to installing outside system directories anyway. In the worst case, you'll just have to reinstall the offending applications.
Of course you still do a backup before in case the universe blows up.
- nieve 11y agoHomebrew installing outside system directories hasn't protected it in the past and the directory/root lockdown isn't the only change, remember the tun/tap CF that got dropped in their lap? The 10.9 to 10.10 transition broke a lot of things and more than a few were caused by the security changes. Do not trust homebrew to work properly on 10.11 until they can find & stomp on all the bugs Apple has graciously handed them, it's not a safe bet at all and more than a few network apps (for example) do need root at some points.