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by skydhash 41 days ago
curl | sh is more prevalent in Linux where you can expect a stable ABI from the kernel and sometimes GNU libc. No such things in BSD land. Packages are built against a release always. They don't maintain binary compatibility.
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Hardly an argument against random shell scripts execution, quite often elevated.

Not everyone installs only what is available in pkgsrc.