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saagarjha on April 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Git security vulnerability announced

Homebrew typically changes the ownership of the directory to the current account.

rswail on April 13, 2022 | [–]

Homebrew's mecahnisms are inherently "fail-unsafe". It really has no excuse.

bin_bash on April 13, 2022 | [–]

On install or execution? What happens if there is more than 1 user on the box?

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