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Re: Have you got your NXT yet?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 4 Jul 2006 19:27:21 GMT
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Original-From:
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Tim Rueger <trueger@yahoo+StopSpammers+.com>
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On Jul 4, 2006, at 12:28 AM, Zachary Benz wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Tim Rueger wrote:
>
> > Mac support! Woo-hoo! And it doesn't suck!
> >
> > On my Mac, the software installed its items
> > into the directory I specified ("Applications"),
> > which meant I ended up with the NXT app, the
> > "engine" dir, and other items in my Applications
> > folder. I moved them into a subfolder afterward,
> > and the NXT app ran fine.
>
> One very big caveat about this - at the end of the installer process
> on a Mac it
> runs chmod -R 777 on the contents of the folder installed into. Thus,
> every
> single thing in your Applications directory (and all subdirectories,
> including
> bundles) now has full access permissions for everyone. Running "Repair
> Permissions" in disk utility will only fix those apps with receipts in
> /Library/Receipts (i.e. mostly just Apple apps).
>
> Even worse, the uninstaller script that is created for you will delete
> the
> entire folder that you installed into. Thus, your entire Applications
> folder
> would be deleted if you run it! Simply moving the script to a new
> folder
> doesn't fix things - the directory it's going to delete is hard coded
> in the
> script!
>
> Bottom line - if you're installing on a Mac, just accept all the
> defaults. You
> could be very sad otherwise (as I was).
Ye gods! Those are some huge bugs. Is there any way
to report them to Lego or NI? (Guess I spoke too soon
about good Mac support.)
I'm repairing permissons now, and I've fixed up my
uninstaller shell script. But this is a big problem that
needs to be addressed ASAP.
-Tim
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 | | Re: Have you got your NXT yet?
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| (...) I sent this to Lego Tech Support: ((URL) is a serious bug in the Lego Mindstorms NXT software for Macintosh. At the end of the installation process, the software runs "chmod -R 777" on the contents of the folder into which you have decided to (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Have you got your NXT yet?
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| (...) One very big caveat about this - at the end of the installer process on a Mac it runs chmod -R 777 on the contents of the folder installed into. Thus, every single thing in your Applications directory (and all subdirectories, including (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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