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throw0101c 5 hours ago

Do any of the third-party package managers (Brew, MacPorts) perhaps use this for things like builds (or even installs, if things are restricted to (e.g.) /opt)?

pingiun 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Nix uses the underlying libsandbox function for builds: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/614072adcb56202f0a09532971...

woodruffw 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Homebrew uses sandbox-exec during builds and installs, yeah. To my memory we’ve used it for at least 6 or 7 years, probably longer.

cwicklein 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I’ve written a personal system in Common Lisp for building third-party software on macOS (coincidentally somewhat similar to GUIX), and I use sandbox-exec to isolate execution so that only intended requisites affect the build process and so that installation is strictly confined to the configured destination directory, no scribbling outside the lines.

I think Bazel uses sandbox-exec on macOS.