Remote code execution in Homebrew by compromising the official Cask repository

Re:Remote code execution in Homebrew by compromising the off... by b0afc375b5 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @06:12AM (#26923750)

Thanks for mentioning nix. I didn't know it had a macOS variant. I've been meaning to learn the whole nix ecosystem but hadn't found the energy yet.

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Re:Remote code execution in Homebrew by compromising the off... by sheenobu on Saturday April 24, 2021 @07:33AM (#26924140)

Nix pills might be a good start if you want to understand how all the pieces fit together. https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills.

There is nix, the language/package manager which can be used standalone; nixpkgs, the ports or homebrew like repo of packages that can be built/run on many systems including macOS; and nixos, the Linux+Nix distro that puts it all together.

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Re:Remote code execution in Homebrew by compromising the off... by b0afc375b5 on Saturday April 24, 2021 @08:43AM (#26924476)

Thanks. I've already installed nix/nix-darwin and tried installing wireshark, but it isn't working for some reason. I have some reading to do.

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