On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, David Roe <r...@math.harvard.edu> wrote:

> The only reports I've seen, on
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-devel/OBv5x1v3_6M, have been
> positive.  What conflicting reports have you received?
>
>
>

I think Tom Judson said it doesn't work.


>
> I haven't tried it myself; I'm still running 10.9.
>
> Here's a summary for how to disable it:
>
> 1. Reboot, holding down Cmd-R to start in Recovery Mode.
> 2. In a terminal window, execute csrutil disable
> 3. Reboot back into non-Recovery Mode.
>
> Here's a warning for why you might hesitate (this is my understanding of
> the issue; someone please correct me if I'm wrong):
>
> In OS X 10.11, Apple changed the operating system to no longer allow
> modification of certain system folders, even when logged in as root.  They
> made this change to make it more difficult for malware to affect the
> operating system, but it has the side effect of disrupting Sage's current
> build process.  Disabling system integrity protection may allow you to
> build Sage, but it also disables a security feature of your operating
> system.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:52 PM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','wst...@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, David Roe <roed.m...@gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','roed.m...@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you want to mention the possibility of disabling system integrity
>>> protection, or are you purposefully avoiding that option?
>>> David
>>>
>>
>>
>> To what extent does it actually really work?  To what extent?  I've got
>> conflicting reports.
>>
>> I think we should mention it.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:38 PM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We need to post a statement on the Sagemath.org website about the El
>>>> Capitan os x 10.11 situation, since I'm getting (or will be getting)
>>>> emails "left and right" from people freaking out about this.
>>>> Here's one answer -- how could it be reworded to be right?
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, there is no way to run Sage on OS X anymore (except
>>>> by using VirtualBox), and I don't know when/if this will change.
>>>> Here's one recent discussion of ongoing work:
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-devel/-ZVSh5adEkY
>>>>
>>>> Basically apple made many fundamental changes to OS X  10.11 that
>>>> fundamentally breaks a large ecosystem of open source software.
>>>>
>>>> Fixing these things will take time, and I have no idea how long.
>>>>
>>>> William
>>>> ---
>>>>
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