Do macOS command-line binaries need to be Notarized? And if so, how?
Do command-line tools need to be Notarized?
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Do macOS command-line binaries need to be Notarized? And if so, how?
How is your command-line tool distributed?
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> How is your command-line tool distributed?
Currently, as a bare executable inside a .tar.gz or .zip archive from a non-https web server.
(The very old-fashioned ways, as it's the command-line version of Chipmunk Basic, with line numbers even.)
Or sometimes inside a .dmg, alongside a man page and a Notarized macOS Cocoa app.
Check out Notarizing Your App Before Distribution, which lists the things you can notarise. This includes disk images, but not standalone command-line tools.
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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"