bug#81526: 30.2; Emacs.app lacks class-based TCC usage-description keys, crashing subprocesses that touch privacy-gated frameworks

On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 9:06 AM Mark Diekhans <[email protected]> wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> writes:
> > The "enemy" I'm fighting here is not macOS or Apple, mind you.
> > Rather, it's the additional maintenance burden to keep these
> > "niceties" up-to-date with whatever Apple comes up next
>
> Sadly, these "niceties" are all being added to battle malware.
>

Also adding Jim to the discussion.  Should this wind up with custom builds
needing to provide these macOS indications of intention (since we know they
don't themselves affect permissions as users are required to grant), jimeh
builds may need to be updated similarly.

Jim, to catch up on the discussion, see the thread here
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=81526

-Stéphane