[OS X TeX] arara missing in mactex 2024

[Juergen Fenn]

Thanks for the update, Richard.

Please also see the original explanation Herb gave in March:

https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/2024-March/058935.html

Regards,
Jürgen.

Am 04.06.24 um 18:32 Uhr schrieb Richard Koch:
> Folks,
>
> MacTeX is notarized by Apple. This requires that all binary files in the distribution be
> signed by an Apple developer. Most programs in MacTeX are compiled by me, and signed
> as one step in the process.
>
> Arara is a java application, which doesn't need to be
> signed because security is provided by the Java program that runs it. However,
> Arara contains a precompiled library, which does have to be signed. The
> author of that library doesn't sign it, stating that signing is the responsibility
> of apps that use the library. The Arara developers were notified of this
> requirement, but were unable to sign the library. So it was removed from
> MacTeX 2024.  In 2023, the Arara developers were able to bypass the library,
> but it is required in the 2024 version.
>
> TeX Live Utility can be used to install Arara if needed.
>
> Richard Koch
>
>
>> On Jun 4, 2024, at 9:16 AM, Doris Behrendt via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently installed MacTeX 2024 and the arara folder (in texmf-dist/scripts/arara) is empty, or more exactly, it only contains an empty rules-subfolder.
>>
>> Has anyone also found arara.jar/sh and the rules content yaml files missing?
>>
>> In 2023 it all is there. I am on Sonoma 14.5 M1 Max.
>>
>> Best
>> Doris
>>
>>
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