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Re: /Library/Extensions folder supported?

At 09:50 -0800 on 12/9/02, Dean Reece wrote:
On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 12:08 PM, Kevin Elliott wrote:
I recently installed the new version of PGP and noticed that it installs a kext into /Library/Extensions (after creating the directory).

Yurg! They should not be creating new dirs in /Library. They should place this inside of /Library/Application Support/PGP, or something similar.

This has been a long running complaint with kext installation so can someone at apple clarify if PGP is doing something proper?

I've heard this complaint before, but I still don't understand the reason. >Even if we did look for KEXTs in /Library/Extensions, the ownership rules would >be the same as /S/L/E, so its not like it would simplify installers at all.

Because the current situation breaks the implied logic of the system. Implicitly the logic is "System wide stuff apple needs is in System", "System wide stuff used by 3rd parties is in /Library", and "non system wide stuff is in your home directory". As things stand today if I want to know what third party kext are installed I first have to know enough about the system to know what kext's apple installs. I'm a little surprised you've never heard this argument. I clearly remember this issue being raised and discussed at the very first IOKit kitchens.

Further, we are reserving /Library/Extensions for future use, so PGP is >definitely at risk of not being forward-compatible.

Huh? Out of curiosity, where was that documented?

If this is supported when did it change?

It is not supported, it has not changed.

Are kext that load during booting supported?

Yes, I/O Kit does this all the time. KEXTs can also be loaded using kextload from a StartupItem.

LOL. Not exactly what I meant... I was talking about kext in /Library/Extensions being probed during booting, which is clearly not the case based on the above.
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