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All programs should tell you where they store config files (utcc.utoronto.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

Isn't this what updates are for? maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean by static libraries.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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