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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wholeheartedly agree with this blog post. I believe someone on here yesterday was asking about config file locations and setting them manually. This is in the same vein. I can't tell you how many times a command line method for discovering the location of a config file would have saved me 30 minutes of googling.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@TheBaldness
When you bundle everything for an app inside a self-contained directory, it's no different than static linking a binary.

An exploit in a library the package links against means that application is still vulnerable even if the same library on the operating system has been updated to fix the security flaw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple managed to do it for a long time. I imagine they update the app more frequently than they would otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@TheBaldness
For apps that Apple controls that may be fine, but most people do not get their apps from a single vendor and not all vendors are fast at pushing updates.