Very cool, thanks so much for your answers, and for bearing with my "layman" point of view… Nice cat by the way :)
I think I understand this enough to get me by for the moment. Thanks to everyone for doing what you do! Christopher On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Christopher Fick <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Just for clarity, I was clicking (XQuartz>Check for XQuartz updates...) >> in the "app" (Is app the correct terminology here?). >> The only reason XQ would have literally auto-updated is if it's set to do >> that by default. I typically turn auto-update off if I have an option, of >> which I don't recall having one put in front of me at any point when >> installing. >> Does the term "auto-update" apply to what I was doing as well--kind of, >> sort of, halfway manually updating? >> > > It's using the auto-update framework, as opposed to you having to visit > xquartz.org to see if a new version is available, so yes. And it relies > on an XML feed that is no longer there, and which can't be safely > redirected because of the Sparkle MITM vulnerability. > > >> All that aside, if I understand correctly: >> Basically, anyone with a version earlier than XQ 2.7.9 must update by >> manually downloading from the (new) website because the website location >> has changed since 2.7.8... The reason updating/auto-updating though the XQ >> app doesn't work is because it wants it's update from the previous website >> location. The previous website could in theory link to the newer one for >> this update, but because of MITM it does not. Do I have that correct more >> or less? >> > > Pretty much, yes. > > >> Just for peace of mind. In the future if I do choose to update: Do I >> need to go through some measure to uninstall the previous version of XQ? Or >> is it perfectly fine to just download and install it over the old version? >> I assume I will be prompted to replace the older version if I install it >> into the same location. >> > > You don't actually get an option to install it elsewhere. You do get > several confirmation prompts before the install, though. And you don't need > to uninstall anything, just install the new one (or reinstall the old if > needed). > > -- > brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine > associates > [email protected] > [email protected] > unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad > http://sinenomine.net >
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