Fink binary installers (0.8.1, 0.9.0) on file systems without ownership enabled

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Fink binary installers (0.8.1, 0.9.0) on file systems without ownership enabled

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Hello, all. We've had a report from a 10.4.11 user who used the 0.8.1  
binary installer and was able to install Fink on an external HFS+  
volume without ownership enabled. I've tested the 0.9.0 installer on  
an external FAT-32 volume attached to my 10.5.8 box and it happily  
installed there, too.

This is undesirable behaviour, right? I'll check the installer source  
code later.


Cheers,

-- monipol

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Re: Fink binary installers (0.8.1, 0.9.0) on file systems without ownership enabled

by monipol :: Rate this Message:

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On 04/11/2009, at 16:22, monipol wrote:
> Hello, all. We've had a report from a 10.4.11 user who used the 0.8.1
> binary installer and was able to install Fink on an external HFS+
> volume without ownership enabled. I've tested the 0.9.0 installer on
> an external FAT-32 volume attached to my 10.5.8 box and it happily
> installed there, too.
>
> This is undesirable behaviour, right? I'll check the installer source
> code later.

I've just committed new xml/scripts/installer/resources/VolumeCheck  
and English.lproj/VolumeCheck.strings. The code used to check  
ownership and permissions is the same as the one used in fink/t/
10features/volume.t (thanks for pointing that out, dmacks). If you  
could please check if my commit is okay, that'd be grand.


Cheers,

-- monipol


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