thanks David.  So is the 10.5.1 updater the problem
or the csound installer?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DavidW" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 7:42 PM
Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta - OS X Warning


> Just for reporting:
> I'm running Csound version 5.07 (float samples) Oct  2 2007
> .dmg Installed on an Intel OSX under 10.4.11.
>
> The /usr/local/csound5 permissions are
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 11 Nov 06:26 Csound 5.app/
>
> and the /Application/csound permissions are
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel      628 29 Dec 07:08 INSTALL*
>
> I'm now running OSX 10.5 under these installs w. no (csound) problems.
> Install of 10.5.1 updater was a problem, resulting in me having to 
> reinstall 10.5.0.
> Colleagues in the Apple business report many similar.
> I've been waiting for proper backup facilities b4 trying OSX 10.4.2  which 
> is out.
> Will try soon, as I just purchased my first Tb drive.
> And to think we used to load music5 off punch cards!
>
> David
> On 10/03/2008, at 4:39 AM, victor wrote:
>
>> files installed in /usr/local etc are as far as I know being
>> installed either as root or wheel (one of the two). I took
>> great care in ensuring that when I was first making the
>> installer definition files.
>> Earlier versions (perhaps the 10.2 version you are using?)
>> had some issues relating to this, but I'm positive I fixed
>> it very quickly. I will need to check. Since we are in 5.08
>> and this has not been a problem before I assumed I got it
>> right.
>>
>> Victor
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Kozar" 
>> > >
>> To: 
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:10 PM
>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Csound 5.08Beta - OS X Warning
>>
>>
>>> I have noticed that Csound gets installed with user ID 501 or 502  as 
>>> the
>>> owner for the files (I can't remember exactly which one it is),  which 
>>> on my
>>> machine means they are owned by my wife instead of me :)  So the  files 
>>> are
>>> being installed with Victor's user ID I assume, and not the user ID  of 
>>> the
>>> person installing them.
>>>
>>> Files installed to "unix" directories (usr/local/*) should probably  be 
>>> owned
>>> by root with group "wheel" though instead of the installing user, 
>>> shouldn't
>>> they?  An easy fix might be to build Csound with sudo?  The files in
>>> /Applications should then follow the system conventions (whatever  those
>>> are).
>>>
>>> Anthony Kozar
>>> mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net
>>> http://anthonykozar.net/
>>>
>>> Andres Cabrera wrote on 3/9/08 9:36 AM:
>>>
>>>> Hi Victor,
>>>> I'm reporting not for the 5.08beta installer, but for previous ones.
>>>> I've seen this specifically for 5.07.
>>>> The permissions were changed for /Applications. I'm not sure if I
>>>> fixed it just changing the folder's owner, or if a Fix permissions  in
>>>> the Disk Utility fixed it. I don't have a Mac, so I'm working from
>>>> memory...
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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I'm not sure you Q was addressed to me or not.
As I said, I haven't done a new install under 10.5 yet so can't be  
certain.
Given the mess which is 10.5.1, I would suspect that first.
I'll report back once I've backed up and done a new install.

On 10/03/2008, at 7:45 AM, victor wrote:

> thanks David.  So is the 10.5.1 updater the problem
> or the csound installer?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "DavidW" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 7:42 PM
> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Re: Re: Csound 5.08Beta - OS X Warning
>
>
>> Just for reporting:
>> I'm running Csound version 5.07 (float samples) Oct  2 2007
>> .dmg Installed on an Intel OSX under 10.4.11.
>>
>> The /usr/local/csound5 permissions are
>> drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 11 Nov 06:26 Csound 5.app/
>>
>> and the /Application/csound permissions are
>> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel      628 29 Dec 07:08 INSTALL*
>>
>> I'm now running OSX 10.5 under these installs w. no (csound)  
>> problems.
>> Install of 10.5.1 updater was a problem, resulting in me having to  
>> reinstall 10.5.0.
>> Colleagues in the Apple business report many similar.
>> I've been waiting for proper backup facilities b4 trying OSX  
>> 10.4.2  which is out.
>> Will try soon, as I just purchased my first Tb drive.
>> And to think we used to load music5 off punch cards!
>>
>> David
>> On 10/03/2008, at 4:39 AM, victor wrote:
>>
>>> files installed in /usr/local etc are as far as I know being
>>> installed either as root or wheel (one of the two). I took
>>> great care in ensuring that when I was first making the
>>> installer definition files.
>>> Earlier versions (perhaps the 10.2 version you are using?)
>>> had some issues relating to this, but I'm positive I fixed
>>> it very quickly. I will need to check. Since we are in 5.08
>>> and this has not been a problem before I assumed I got it
>>> right.
>>>
>>> Victor
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Kozar" >> >
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:10 PM
>>> Subject: [Csnd] Re: Csound 5.08Beta - OS X Warning
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have noticed that Csound gets installed with user ID 501 or  
>>>> 502  as the
>>>> owner for the files (I can't remember exactly which one it is),   
>>>> which on my
>>>> machine means they are owned by my wife instead of me :)  So the   
>>>> files are
>>>> being installed with Victor's user ID I assume, and not the user  
>>>> ID  of the
>>>> person installing them.
>>>>
>>>> Files installed to "unix" directories (usr/local/*) should  
>>>> probably  be owned
>>>> by root with group "wheel" though instead of the installing user,  
>>>> shouldn't
>>>> they?  An easy fix might be to build Csound with sudo?  The files  
>>>> in
>>>> /Applications should then follow the system conventions  
>>>> (whatever  those
>>>> are).
>>>>
>>>> Anthony Kozar
>>>> mailing-lists-1001 AT anthonykozar DOT net
>>>> http://anthonykozar.net/
>>>>
>>>> Andres Cabrera wrote on 3/9/08 9:36 AM:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Victor,
>>>>> I'm reporting not for the 5.08beta installer, but for previous  
>>>>> ones.
>>>>> I've seen this specifically for 5.07.
>>>>> The permissions were changed for /Applications. I'm not sure if I
>>>>> fixed it just changing the folder's owner, or if a Fix  
>>>>> permissions  in
>>>>> the Disk Utility fixed it. I don't have a Mac, so I'm working from
>>>>> memory...
>>>>
>>>>

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Australian research affiliations:
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- Sonic Communications Research Group:	creative.canberra.edu.au/scrg