Re:Some Differences Between macOS and Common Unix Systems
by kergonath on Friday December 25, 2020 @08:57AM
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Interesting post; not sure I agree with all of it, though.
For example, I would not say /Library is equivalent to /usr/lib. /Library has lots of things that are not libraries as in .a or .so (actually .dylib) files and that would be in various different subdirectories somewhere on Linux.
Also, it’s a bit deceptive to show how you need 10 commands to add a user before saying you can do it all at once with a tool that was introduced 6 years ago.
And I’ve never had to use -isysroot with GCC from MacPorts, though I can believe that it is necessary in some special cases.
I think the post articulates well the issues with Homebrew, though.
For example, I would not say /Library is equivalent to /usr/lib. /Library has lots of things that are not libraries as in .a or .so (actually .dylib) files and that would be in various different subdirectories somewhere on Linux.
Also, it’s a bit deceptive to show how you need 10 commands to add a user before saying you can do it all at once with a tool that was introduced 6 years ago.
And I’ve never had to use -isysroot with GCC from MacPorts, though I can believe that it is necessary in some special cases.
I think the post articulates well the issues with Homebrew, though.