← Back to context Comment by pjmlp 7 hours ago Only to be thrown out of the windows with a plain "curl | sh". 2 comments pjmlp Reply skydhash 4 hours ago curl | sh is more prevalent in Linux where you can expect a stable ABI from the kernel and sometimes GNU libc. No such things in BSD land. Packages are built against a release always. They don't maintain binary compatibility. pjmlp 3 hours ago Hardly an argument against random shell scripts execution, quite often elevated.Not everyone installs only what is available in pkgsrc.
skydhash 4 hours ago curl | sh is more prevalent in Linux where you can expect a stable ABI from the kernel and sometimes GNU libc. No such things in BSD land. Packages are built against a release always. They don't maintain binary compatibility. pjmlp 3 hours ago Hardly an argument against random shell scripts execution, quite often elevated.Not everyone installs only what is available in pkgsrc.
pjmlp 3 hours ago Hardly an argument against random shell scripts execution, quite often elevated.Not everyone installs only what is available in pkgsrc.
curl | sh is more prevalent in Linux where you can expect a stable ABI from the kernel and sometimes GNU libc. No such things in BSD land. Packages are built against a release always. They don't maintain binary compatibility.
Hardly an argument against random shell scripts execution, quite often elevated.
Not everyone installs only what is available in pkgsrc.