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Linked by David Adams on Tue 16th Aug 2005 16:18 UTC, submitted by rft183

An OSX security update includes fixes for the following: AppKit, BlueTooth, CoreFoundation, cups, Directory Services, HIToolBox, Kerberos, loginwindow, Mail, OpenSSL, QuartzComposerScreenSaver, Security Interface, Safari, X11, and zlib.

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Don't install this update if you are running a G5

by on Tue 16th Aug 2005 19:35 UTC

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This security update breaks 64-bit applications since it is shipping with a broken version of libSystem

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RE: Don't install this update if you are running a G5

by kmarius on Tue 16th Aug 2005 20:21 in reply to "Don't install this update if you are running a G5"

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This security update breaks 64-bit applications since it is shipping with a broken version of libSystem

Amazing.

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RE: Don't install this update if you are running a G5

by on Tue 16th Aug 2005 21:57 in reply to "Don't install this update if you are running a G5"

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Mathematica stopped functioning immediately after I installed this update, and console.log said it was because Mathematica could not find /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib, although it reported that it did find a file in /usr/lib by that name, of "unknown file type." I don't know if this means the file got unexpectedly changed, or corrupted, but it put the kibosh on my Mathematecizing for the day.

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RE[2]: Don't install this update if you are running a G5

by on Tue 16th Aug 2005 21:59 in reply to "RE: Don't install this update if you are running a G5"

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Me again. I should have added that ls -al showed that /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib had most recently been 'touched' at the time I performed the security update, which certainly suggests that it was the update itself that caused the problem.

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RE[2]: Don't install this update if you are running a G5

by kaiwai on Wed 17th Aug 2005 07:12 in reply to "RE: Don't install this update if you are running a G5"

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Instead of complaining on this forum, why don't you ring up the company that makes Mathematica, and inform them of the situation - they may have a work around or a patch they maybe able to forward to you.

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