Re: All-In-One Installer bug

From: Jeremy Matthews (jeremymatthew..ac.com)
Date: Thu Jun 18 2009 - 20:04:39 EDT

  • Next message: Rudolf B. Blažek: "Re: All-In-One Installer bug"

    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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