On 3/12/14, 6:55 PM, Gary K. Olson wrote: > I just installed Fink on a new rMacBookPro computer running OSX 10.9.2. > The installation was successful, and I even have X11 running with open > box and gnome-panel. However, Finder can not access /sw!!! Now, I can > get at the fink installation in /sw from the command line, so things are > not critical, but I would like to access /sw thru the Finder if > possible. The finder just shows a blue folder like when you see a > locked folder, but there is no red locked symbol. The /sw folder is > also faded out blue like a hidden folder. When I get a long listing of > the / directory from the command line I get the following: > > New:drwxr-xr-x+15 rootwheel510 Mar 10 13:16 sw (Fink installed on 10.9.2) > > Old:drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 408 Mar 5 16:42 sw (Fink installed > on 10.9.0) > > The only significant difference between this directory listing and the > one I have on my old computer (as illustrated above), that is also > running OSX 10.9.2, but was running OSX 10.9.0 when I installed Fink, is > at the end of the permissions list above where there is a ‘+’ sign. > Other directories at root level such as /Applications, /Library and > /System all have ‘+’ signs at the end of their permissions and are still > accessible from Finder. The locked hidden file .MobileBackups also has > a ‘+’ symbol. Every file and directory that I looked at within /sw > except the /sw/.. file seems to have this ‘+’ symbol tacked on to the > end of the permissions for that file or directory. I don’t know what > this ‘+’ means specifically, as I haven’t been able to find > an explanation of the symbol. Also, when I look at the Fink > installation from the command line. Possibly, there is an explanation > for this symbol somewhere in Xcode, but I haven’t looked there yet. In > any case, I think the ‘+’ symbol has some significance and indicates > something about how this Fink installation came to be inaccessible from > the Finder. > > I don’t expect there is some option now in the Fink installation that > asks you if you want to hide your installation from your own Finder, so > I expect this is a change introduced by Apple in 10.9.2 for some > security purpose since /sw is in the root folder rather than in a local > folder. I haven’t seen any mention of this in the mailing lists, so I > want to report it. Now for my questions about what to do: > > 1. Can anyone tell me what the ‘+’ symbol at the end of a file or > directories permissions is supposed to mean? It obviously means > something more than it used to. Possibly someone can clarify the new > extended meaning or ask Apple what is going on. > > 2. Most important, how can I fix this? Is there anyway to do something > from the command line? I don’t think one can use chmod although that > would seem to be the logical command for a change of this type. I don’t > see any way to use the Getinfo gui to change this. I expect I will have > to reinstall Fink somewhere else besides the root to fix this. > Therefore, I have stopped installing new applications until I get this > resolved. Can I install it in /usr/local? I remember that there were > logical reasons why one might not want to do this, but I don’t remember > them. If, I don’t want to do this, where would the best place be to > install Fink? > > My setup is: > OSX 10.9.2 > Fink 0.36.3.1 > Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr > --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1 > Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.38) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) > Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.1.0 > Thread model: posix > Xcode 5.1 (Fink was installed with this version) > > Thanks for any help in advance. By the way, everyone seems to have done > a great job on the Fink installation! Except for this problem, which is > not Fink’s fault, I did not have one other problem. > > Gary K Olson > > >
We definitely haven't changed anything with regard to permissions. I'm not seeing the same thing on 10.9.2. The SetFile and GetFileInfo commands may help you out. My (visible in the Finder) /sw has: Fiona:Mock Lab 1 hansen$ GetFileInfo /sw directory: "/sw" attributes: avbstclinmedz created: 03/03/2014 11:19:56 modified: 03/09/2014 21:10:28 -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
