Re: Emacs with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1

Re: Emacs with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1

[Eli Zaretskii]

[Redirected to emacs-devel.]
> From: Daniel Martín <mardani29@yahoo.es>
> Cc: Kevin Chen <sun.skybr@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:32:24 +0100
> 
> Kevin Chen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I'm currently using macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1 and I am trying to
> > open Emacs App on my Mac after I installed Homebrew and Emacs via
> > "brew install --cask emacs". The pop-out window says the following:
> >  "Emacs" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information.
> >
> > Would it be possible to update Emacs to work with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1? Sincerely thanks a lot!
> 
> It's a security feature of recent versions of macOS.  Could you try to
> install Emacs from your package manager using the following command?:
> 
> brew cask reinstall emacs --no-quarantine
> 
> That will install Emacs and create an exception so that it can be opened
> without being "quarantined".

Should this be in etc/PROBLEMS, perhaps?

Re: Emacs with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1

[Daniel Martín]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> [Redirected to emacs-devel.]
>> From: Daniel Martín <mardani29@yahoo.es>
>> Cc: Kevin Chen <sun.skybr@yahoo.com>
>> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:32:24 +0100
>> 
>> Kevin Chen via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
>> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> > I'm currently using macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1 and I am trying to
>> > open Emacs App on my Mac after I installed Homebrew and Emacs via
>> > "brew install --cask emacs". The pop-out window says the following:
>> >  "Emacs" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information.
>> >
>> > Would it be possible to update Emacs to work with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1? Sincerely thanks a lot!
>> 
>> It's a security feature of recent versions of macOS.  Could you try to
>> install Emacs from your package manager using the following command?:
>> 
>> brew cask reinstall emacs --no-quarantine
>> 
>> That will install Emacs and create an exception so that it can be opened
>> without being "quarantined".
>
> Should this be in etc/PROBLEMS, perhaps?

Makes sense, yes.  If we want to make the advice independent of the
package manager and more future-proof, we can suggest to Ctrl-click the
Emacs app from the Finder and click Open.  Source:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchleab3a043/mac

Re: Emacs with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Daniel Martín <mardani29@yahoo.es>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:30:50 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> It's a security feature of recent versions of macOS.  Could you try to
> >> install Emacs from your package manager using the following command?:
> >> 
> >> brew cask reinstall emacs --no-quarantine
> >> 
> >> That will install Emacs and create an exception so that it can be opened
> >> without being "quarantined".
> >
> > Should this be in etc/PROBLEMS, perhaps?
> 
> Makes sense, yes.  If we want to make the advice independent of the
> package manager and more future-proof, we can suggest to Ctrl-click the
> Emacs app from the Finder and click Open.  Source:
> https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchleab3a043/mac

Thanks.  Can you propose a patch for PROBLEMS along those lines?

Re: Emacs with macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1

[Daniel Martín]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>
> Thanks.  Can you propose a patch for PROBLEMS along those lines?

I've created Bug#51571 with a patch attached.