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Any reason you're not using homebrew or another package manager to have the latest version of curl built against whatever SSL library you want?

• jjcm 10y ago
  While installing a new version of curl via homebrew is great, I think that this is just sidestepping a bigger issue. Take vim for instance. The reason why I know vi is because it's everywhere. I know full well that any unix machine I log into will have it available to me if I need to edit a file. Now imagine that OSX released a new file structure, and the native vi installation couldn't read those files. Yea I could install a newer version of vi, but it means that I can't use any mac to fix something if I really need to. It means there's an inconsistency in the very basic command line functionality that I trust and rely on to be there. Things like curl, vi, sed, etc are my fallback tools. If my reserve chute doesn't work, problems will arise at some point.
  • coldtea 10y ago
    >Take vim for instance. The reason why I know vi is because it's everywhere. I know full well that any unix machine I log into will have it available to me if I need to edit a file. Now imagine that OSX released a new file structure, and the native vi installation couldn't read those files. Yea I could install a newer version of vi, but it means that I can't use any mac to fix something if I really need to. So? Macs are used as personal machines, not interchangeable accounts on servers.
    • lmm 10y ago
      Many people do use them as interchangeable machines. And even if yours is personal, there is value in a coworker being able to show you e.g. what change to make to a config file.
      • coldtea 10y ago
        >Many people do use them as interchangeable machines. For small values of "many".