2026-08-03 22:27 UTC
interestingly gcc is in here, but it requires a package to be downloaded to use. there's also a java and javac command, but it complains about not finding a runtime.
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@leo@60228.dev 2026-08-03 22:28
@mjdxp@labyrinth.zone they ship java stubs that look at JAVA_HOME, not really sure why they bother
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@Netzblockierer@tech.lgbt 2026-08-03 23:15
@mjdxp@labyrinth.zone that's due to #GPLv3 #licensing!
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@rakslice@mastodon.social 2026-08-04 00:12
@mjdxp@labyrinth.zone it's almost all like tl;dr: legacy reasons you can look around mac os x and see like the tree rings formed by the various things they thought were going to be a big thing and then next to it the corpse of that thing left where they killed it