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I've been building software with Homebrew for ages, where does signing come in?
by aasasd 7y ago
I've been building software with Homebrew for ages, where does signing come in?
- danieldk 7y agoThe default bash on macOS is protected using SIP. Files covered by SIP can only be replaced by Apple-signed updates. (Of course, one could disable SIP altogether.)
- aasasd 7y agoSomehow I don't think GPLv3 presumes that you'll replace system files. And I'm using Homebrew versions of system-bundled utils just fine without overwriting them.
- tobylane 7y agoThe bash4 from homebrew is installed to a different place to the system bash, and even when you switch to it as your login shell the system bash is still accessible. The homebrew design is never to overwrite system programs but to have same named alternatives higher in $path.