I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can’t tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

    • The Baldness
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      11 year ago

      Isn’t this what updates are for? maybe I’m misunderstanding what you mean by static libraries.

      • TheAnymouseProphet
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        61 year ago

        @TheBaldness
        When you bundle everything for an app inside a self-contained directory, it’s no different than static linking a binary.

        An exploit in a library the package links against means that application is still vulnerable even if the same library on the operating system has been updated to fix the security flaw.

        • The Baldness
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          11 year ago

          Apple managed to do it for a long time. I imagine they update the app more frequently than they would otherwise.

          • TheAnymouseProphet
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            11 year ago

            @TheBaldness
            For apps that Apple controls that may be fine, but most people do not get their apps from a single vendor and not all vendors are fast at pushing updates.