David W. Fenton / 2005/07/26 / 02:18 PM wrote: >I see this a lot here on the list. Is there any explanation anywhere >of why this is the case? Is it caused by improperly designed >applications, or some problem in the way the OS handles file access >requests from applications? > >It just defies any of my experience with any other OS with >permissions to have such major problems with this kind of thing.
You guessed it right. It is 99.9.879% caused by bad installer/install script. The worst of the kind is VISE. Apple provided its installer SDK, which is OEMed to the famous Zero-G's Installer Anywhere, the common installer for Solaris. However, many software vendors have used VISE for long years, and won't be able to port to Apple Installer because its script structure is too different. Any installer which is or before VISE8.02 is a sure way to screw up your OSX permission. GPO installer came with my my copy was VISE8.02. VISE is now up to VISEX2.1, and seems to be getting better. Tiger seems to be much better handling of bad installer. Still, the standard practice is to run Repair Permission before and after any install. P.S. Onyx does screw up Permission bit when combined with cron script. Last time I checked, it has not been fixed. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
