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sbukyesterday at 8:18 PM1 replyview on HN

The people that certify it say that you are wrong. What you think and what actually is are two entirely different things in this case. The fact remains that, according to the OpenGroup (and they are the one that matter here), macOS 26 is UNIX.


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p_ingyesterday at 10:03 PM

macOS 26 that is /altered/ is UNIX. macOS that ships on every Mac is not certified UNIX -- but it can be made to match if you're willing to give up security.

You should read through the actual certification - https://www.opengroup.org/csq/repository/noreferences=1&RID=... (there are a couple more in the repo).

To run the VSX conformance test suite we first disable SIP as follows: [...]

Feel free to disable SIP on your Mac. I certainly won't be doing so on mine.

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