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Fix docs/FAQ.md typo
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@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ You should only ever sudo a tool you trust. Of course, you can trust Homebrew
😉 But do you trust the multi-megabyte Makefile that Homebrew runs? Developers
often understand C++ far better than they understand make syntax. It’s too high
a risk to sudo such stuff. It could modify (or upload) any files on your
system.And indeed, we’ve seen some build scripts try to modify `/usr` even when
system. And indeed, we’ve seen some build scripts try to modify `/usr` even when
the prefix was specified as something else entirely.
We use the macOS sandbox to stop this but this doesn't work when run as the `root` user (which also has read and write access to almost everything on the system).