On Jan 23, 2010, at 4:15 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> The rest makes sense. >> >> What is the harm if you do not remove receipt packages? I was building out >> some local stuff with Apple's Package Maker, using it as a glorified way to >> put shell scripts and a launchd item where I wanted it. I ended with a >> bunch of receipts, one for each build test I ran. I have no idea if they >> are harmless, or I can safely delete them, or why so many were made. > > The Mac OS X Installer installs the receipt after it's installed whatever > software you're installing. I feel if you've later removed that software, the > receipt has no reason to be there anymore and should be removed as well. > > The Repair Permissions feature in Disk Utility uses the receipts to determine > what the correct permissions of the files should be. Having Disk Utility > process receipts for software that's no longer installed wastes time.
Thank you very much. I always knew there were a lot of people who swear by repair permissions doing a lot of magic, but wondered how if it is just using a receipt as an instruction set to apply permissions based on how the bom file tells it to be set. Thanks, I am good to go, enjoy your weekend. -- Scott * If you contact me off list replace talklists@ with scott@ * _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
