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Re:Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background... by thebeardisred on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:10PM (#50061310)
It's right about now that having a operating system distro model is great - you get folks who will package the software & test it out, make generally sensible defaults, and generally keep shenanigans like this from going on
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Re:Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background... by Cyph0n on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:13PM (#50061395)
Nix/NixOS takes it a step further and makes you have to go out of the way to enable self-updating behavior when packaging something :)
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Re:Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background... by dv35z on Monday October 12, 2026 @03:13PM (#50061396)
What are the top ones you recommend? ( I am running Mint Debian Linux )
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