Re: Installing a kext on 10.5 (Leopard)
Re: Installing a kext on 10.5 (Leopard)
- Subject: Re: Installing a kext on 10.5 (Leopard)
- From: "Duane Murphy" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:59:19 -0700
--- At Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:18:54 +0100, Stephane Sudre wrote:
>>> It has been recommended to me previously to do the privilege dance
>>> outside of /S/L/E and then move the kext into /S/L/E. The question
>>> then becomes where is a good place to stage the kext? And is this
>>> the right thing to do?
>>
>> Yes, it is the best thing to do on any version of OS X, since it
>> guarantees you won't end up with a partially installed or updated
>> kext if the system crashes at just the wrong time.
>
>Is this also the procedure that should be followed when you install
>your kext through a .pkg package? That would go against the idea
>behind a .pkg.
This is in fact how the kext is installed. Following the installation,
the postflight script changes perms, etc and touches /S/L/E.
...Duane
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