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Re:macOS Sonoma is setting records for update size by Someone on Monday December 04, 2023 @03:49AM (#38515071)
> I can't even begin to imagine what can weigh in at 845 MB for a bug/security release

Changing a few compiler flags, say to enable a hardened stack, or a compiler update that fixes a bug in such a feature probably could do that.

It could mean lots of tiny changes sprinkled throughout the code that the patching algorithm can’t compress efficiently.

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