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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by norberg on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:05PM (#21065618)
We have stopped pushing the affected version of Keystone, so if your computer has not been broken yet, it won't be.

If it has been broken but not rebooted:

  sudo rm -rf /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle
  sudo ln /private/var /var
should fix it. That deletes Keystone and fixes the symlink. If it has been rebooted, these commands at a recovery console should repair the computer.

Chrome will subsequently ask for admin credentials to reinstall the updater next time you run it. This will not re-break the computer; the version of Keystone bundled with Chrome is older, and we have stopped serving the version affected by this issue.

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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by im3w1l on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:10PM (#21065663)
Please don't run that command as stated. It deletes /var (because HN merged adjacent lines)

Edit: It has since been fixed.

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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by saagarjha on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:11PM (#21065676)
I won't, don't worry ;) That code should probably be indented two spaces, like this:

  sudo rm -rf /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle
  sudo ln /private/var /var
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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by norberg on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:20PM (#21065750)
yikes! thanks, fixed.
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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by akie on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:42AM (#21068325)
I see a pattern here...
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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by Thorrez on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:11AM (#21068472)
I doubt Hacker News automatically merging 2 lines into 1 line was the cause of the original bug.
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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by J5892 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:19PM (#21074890)
You don't run your code through HN as a post-commit hook?
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Re:Google Chrome Keystone is modifying /var symlink on non S... by norberg on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @07:20PM (#21065751)
yikes! thanks, fixed.
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