Re: Lion permissions problem in /Library/Application Support
Re: Lion permissions problem in /Library/Application Support
- Subject: Re: Lion permissions problem in /Library/Application Support
- From: Bill Coderre <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:33:40 -0800
As an Apple employee, I endorse this "never use a postflight where you do not have to" approach.
There are cases where you do have to, but I believe this is not one of them.
On Dec 14, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Greg Neagle wrote:
> But:
> You should never do anything in a postflight script that could be accomplished by simply delivering a payload.
>
> Why?
>
> Payloads can be installed to volumes other than the current startup volume. Postflight scripts often get this wrong.
> Payloads leave a record in the receipts database, making auditing easier and removal possible; postflight scripts unnecessarily complicate this sort of thing.
>
> -Greg
>
> On Dec 14, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Kevin Molcard wrote:
>
>> I think a postflight script would do the job.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> On 12/14/11 5:08 PM, Howard Moon wrote:
>>> That sounds like a good plan, Greg. You wouldn't happen to know how I would do that in Iceberg, would you?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Howard
>>>
>>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Greg Neagle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Since this is the installer-dev list, why doesn't your plugin's Installer package create /Library/Application Support/Antares and set it to wordl-writable if that's what you want/need?
>>>>
>>>> -Greg
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Howard Moon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Fernando-Juan Santos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally I use: Volumes/Library/Application Support/MyApp/ this folder is accessible for every user.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Huh? There's no Library under Volumes (unless you called one of your mounted volumes "Volumes").
>>>>>
>>>>> If you mean something like "Volumes/MyHardDrive/Library/Application Support", then that's the same folder I'm talking about when I refer to "/Library/Application Support". And under Lion, it's permissions do not allow the group (or everyone) to write, which prevents my plug-in from creating the Antares folder there.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Howard
>>>>>
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