Issue 731631: OSX installer .pkg file permissions (original) (raw)

Created on 2003-05-02 22:34 by jvr, last changed 2022-04-10 16:08 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (6)
msg15833 - (view)	Author: Just van Rossum (jvr) *	Date: 2003-05-02 22:34
The files installed by the OSX installer .pkg should be group writable. This goes both for the files installed in /Library/Frameworks/ Python.framework and /Applications/MacPython-2.3
msg15834 - (view)	Author: Jack Jansen (jackjansen) *	Date: 2003-05-07 12:04
Logged In: YES user_id=45365 This turns out to be non-trivial: the installed Python tree that is used to create the installer has group-write turned off, that's the way Python always installs the tree. I could do a recursive chmod g+w before creating the installer, what do you think, would that be safe?
msg15835 - (view)	Author: Just van Rossum (jvr) *	Date: 2003-05-07 23:14
Logged In: YES user_id=92689 Maybe my diagnosis is off. When I install (a non-framework) Python from the source, I don't use sudo, I just do "make install". In that case all files are owned by me. The installer however installs everything as root, and with the files being not group writable it means that I (even as an admin) can't move/ overwrite/delete the files without using sudo or changing the permissions. I would expect to be able to have write permissions to the installed files if I'm an admin user. Don't know how to fix that easily, either.
msg15836 - (view)	Author: Jack Jansen (jackjansen) *	Date: 2003-06-19 21:29
Logged In: YES user_id=45365 I think this is finally fixed. Could you do me a favor and test it? Just run Mac/OSX/Dist/build, remove your current /Library/ Frameworks/Python.framework and /Application/MacPython-2.3 and try the installer built by "build".
msg15837 - (view)	Author: Just van Rossum (jvr) *	Date: 2003-06-20 19:57
Logged In: YES user_id=92689 Some files are group writable, for group "admin", which is perfect. Some directories and Python.framework/Python are not. However, I can throw away both the framework and the apps folder from the finder without problems, so it's not all bad...
msg15838 - (view)	Author: Jack Jansen (jackjansen) *	Date: 2003-06-20 21:42
Logged In: YES user_id=45365 I give up. I now do a recursive chmod ug+w on the installed tree, and set umask to 2 before doing the compileall on the destination system. Please try again...