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Apparently it's about a command line tool that's not downloaded and started on the command line, but instead downloaded in a browser and started by double click
by flohofwoe 3y ago
Apparently it's about a command line tool that's not downloaded and started on the command line, but instead downloaded in a browser and started by double clicking in the Finder (apparently for non-technical users?). TBF, this also wouldn't work on Windows without an expensive EV code signing certificate (which isn't exactly trivial to use with GH Actions either: https://melatonin.dev/blog/how-to-code-sign-windows-installers-with-an-ev-cert-on-github-actions/ https://melatonin.dev/blog/how-to-code-sign-windows-installe...)
...from what I'm seeing on macOS, downloading and running a cmdline tool (built with the Xcode cmdline toolchain on GH Actions) inside the terminal still works without all the hassle described in the article - of course I wouldn't be surprised if that stopped working too one day :/
PS: I kinda wish that operating systems had builtin WASI runners for this kind of bootstrapping work.