Free software and the Mac

[Stewart C. Russell]

On 13-04-26 07:19 AM, Thomas Milne wrote:
> 
> Do you mean when I try and use a downloaded file from my Mac on a Linux
> box? I hadn't thought of that.

No, not that. Quarantine is the thing that causes the "XXX is an ....
downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to run it?" dialogue
on any file you download. It has no effect on Linux. It can have a weird
and unsuspected effect on some FAT filesystems, but unless you're
running CHDK on a Canon camera, you might not see that.

What it can do, though, to files from archives you've downloaded and
extracted is cause the shell problems with executable files. If the file
won't run, but the permissions look like -rwxr-xr-x@, you've got some
additional file attributes you might have to clear.

It's one of those “I wish it didn't do that” features.

cheers,
 Stewart

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