Alternative version of altools

Is there any reason why notarization shouldn't be performed using the copy of `altools` in Transporter.app rather than the one in Xcode? It says it's version 1.1, which is the same as was in Xcode 10.3, although the file is smaller. A quick test here shows it works OK.


(I'm particularly thinking of people signing AppleScript applets, who otherwise have no reason to download the many gigs of Xcode.

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My guess is in your example of only needing to sign scripts, sure, go for it if it works.


>It says it's version 1.1


About that 'copy' of altools via Transporter 1.1. Using this in terminal catalina/Xcode 11.x:

xcrun altool

...returns altool Version 4.00.1181


What process did you use to extract/install/run altools from/via Transporter?