Yep...total bummer.
Eclipse is _different_
-j
On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:49 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Q wrote:
>
>>> Here's the thing....the all-in-one installer changes ownership on
>>> the Eclipse.app to root:admin, since most apps in /Developer/Apps
>>> have ownership set this way.
>>> Since /Developer is created when the WO frameworks are installed,
>>> it seems like a natural fit.
>>
>> Unlike "proper" mac apps which use ~/Library/* for runtime config,
>> eclipse directly modifies files and folders located within the
>> 'eclipse' folder itself and therefore should have suitable
>> ownership and/or permissions to be writeable by the user or it will
>> not function correctly.
>
> The problem is that this is not the entire story. Eclipse uses the
> folder ~/.eclipse/ for user-based config. But only if the main
> eclipse folder is not writeable by the user that runs Eclipse.
>
> This works OK with Eclipse 3.4.1 + WOLips and with Eclipse 3.4.2
> without WOLips
>
> It's only Eclipse 3.4.2 + WOLips that has problems.
>
> I believe this is a bug.
>
> Rudy
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