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		radicality 35 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More Mac malware from Google search I use brew but willing to try out Macports. How come the package install instructions seem to require sudo under macports? Does that not carry more risk during the install ?

marxisttemp 34 days ago [–]

Because it requires access to /opt/local. It drops down to the macports user for all the actual fetching and management.

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