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Re:Git? tig by Myrmornis on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @01:31AM (#5672684)
I really like that aspect of homebrew. I don't let anything else use /usr/local, and it means I can install things without using sudo, so no risk they are messing something up elsewhere in system directories.
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Re:Git? tig by raimue on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @04:56AM (#5673212)
But you risk the installation messing with your data and home directory. MacPorts uses sudo because it drops privileges to a specific 'macports' user for the build process and applies sandboxing. Therefore, the execution of Makefile rules and other build scripts cannot harm your data.
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Re:Git? tig by Myrmornis on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @03:13AM (#5742287)
Ah, thanks, I didn't know that. That does sound better.
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