* Git/Mac refuses to install on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
@ 2013-04-07 1:55 David Foster
2013-04-07 14:56 ` Andreas Ericsson
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From: David Foster @ 2013-04-07 1:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
The default security settings on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) disallow the
installation of unsigned packages, with no override.
Git/Mac 1.8.2 is not signed and therefore will not install without changing
the OS default security settings.
See screenshot:
http://postimg.org/image/wcb34kzy5/
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* Re: Git/Mac refuses to install on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
2013-04-07 1:55 Git/Mac refuses to install on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) David Foster
@ 2013-04-07 14:56 ` Andreas Ericsson
2013-04-07 19:20 ` David Foster
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From: Andreas Ericsson @ 2013-04-07 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Foster; +Cc: git
On 04/07/2013 03:55 AM, David Foster wrote:
> The default security settings on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) disallow the
> installation of unsigned packages, with no override.
>
> Git/Mac 1.8.2 is not signed and therefore will not install without changing
> the OS default security settings.
>
Sounds like an OSX lockin bugture to me. If anyone can sign the package
with any random key, then it wouldn't provide much in the way of
security, so I guess that means one has to get a signing key form Apple,
which I doubt they just hand out to anyone (usually it means paying
$100 to get an "apple developer certificate). That's nonsense, ofcourse,
but it's how they've chosen to do business.
That aside; Does the package work if you reduce the security settings,
install it and then reset the security settings to their default
settings later? If so, I'd call that a reasonable workaround, and we
probably won't even have to document it since google should provide it
for git and a plethora of other useful packages.
Otoh, if enough osx folks want git on the latest pussycat, I'm sure
they'll provide a package themselves sooner or later, in which case
you just have to wait for that to happen.
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* Re: Git/Mac refuses to install on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
2013-04-07 14:56 ` Andreas Ericsson
@ 2013-04-07 19:20 ` David Foster
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From: David Foster @ 2013-04-07 19:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Ericsson; +Cc: git
> That aside; Does the package work if you reduce the security settings,
> install it and then reset the security settings to their default
> settings later? If so, I'd call that a reasonable workaround
It does. An even better workaround is to right-click (or Control-click)
on the installer and select Open. This provides a slightly different
dialog with gives an override to open the application anyway. This
method avoids changing the OS security settings.
> and we probably won't even have to document it since google should
provide it
If you intend to make the workaround official, then it would be a good
idea to at least mention it on the download page. It is poor user
experience to require users to use Google to workaround issues in a core
installation scenario.
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David Foster
http://dafoster.net/
On 4/7/13 7:56 AM, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> On 04/07/2013 03:55 AM, David Foster wrote:
>> The default security settings on OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) disallow the
>> installation of unsigned packages, with no override.
>>
>> Git/Mac 1.8.2 is not signed and therefore will not install without
>> changing
>> the OS default security settings.
>>
>
> Sounds like an OSX lockin bugture to me. If anyone can sign the package
> with any random key, then it wouldn't provide much in the way of
> security, so I guess that means one has to get a signing key form Apple,
> which I doubt they just hand out to anyone (usually it means paying
> $100 to get an "apple developer certificate). That's nonsense, ofcourse,
> but it's how they've chosen to do business.
>
> That aside; Does the package work if you reduce the security settings,
> install it and then reset the security settings to their default
> settings later? If so, I'd call that a reasonable workaround, and we
> probably won't even have to document it since google should provide it
> for git and a plethora of other useful packages.
>
> Otoh, if enough osx folks want git on the latest pussycat, I'm sure
> they'll provide a package themselves sooner or later, in which case
> you just have to wait for that to happen.
>
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