Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: [Libreoffice] Mac builds / lang-packs ...

Hi Rimas, *;

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Rimas Kudelis <rq@akl.lt> wrote:
> 2011.02.08 22:32, Christian Lohmaier rašė:
> > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Rimas Kudelis<rq@akl.lt>  wrote:
> > > 2011.02.08 18:18, Christian Lohmaier rašė:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Rimas Kudelis<rq@akl.lt>    wrote:
> > > > > 2011.02.08 17:46, Christian Lohmaier rašė:
> > > > > > * You cannot install as regular user (you always have to identify as
> > > > > > administrator)
> > > > > > (authentication is done before being able to select a
> > > > > > target-directory)
> > > > >
> > > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > I did, believe me.
> > >
> > > What about the second drop-down here:
> > > http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PM102_4.jpg ?
> >
> > Look at it for a few seconds, and think about it yourself for a while.
> > There is *no* choice "ask for permissions when necessary".
>
> The thing is – I don't see the other options in the drop-down.

http://developer.apple.com/tools/installerpolicy.html

> But I
> remember reading yesterday (or maybe the day before it) that that checkbox
> is there to enable/disable the password prompt.

Yes, but then you don't get any, even when it would require a
password/administrator privileges, and then the installation will
fail.

> > So when you want LO to be installable in /Applications, you need to
> > chose admin authentification, but that means that the installer
> > *always* asks for that, no matter when the user later chooses to
> > install in his ~/Desktop in the later installer steps.
>
> I don't think copying an app from .dmg to /Applications asks for root
> permissions, does it?.

copying an app from dmg is completely different from the installer
package we're discussing here.
And yes, it *does* ask for administrator privileges, when a non-admin
user tries to copy files into /Applications folder.
If you only got one user account, you probably don't notice, since
that user is administrator by default.

> . If it does not, then permissions shouldn't be
> necessary to install there too.

The permissions /are/ necessary, but you don't have to deal with them
when creating the bundle (the drag'n'drop "installer"), since it's
regular copy operation and Mac OS X takes care of it and asks for
privileges when necessary.

Such a thing is not possible with the "package installer", there the
one who builds the installer has to decide *beforehand* what
privileges the installer will ask for.
If you want the user to be able to install to /Applications, you have
to require administrator privileges. But then a user who is not
administrator, and doesn't have access to an administrator account to
fulfill that requirement cannot install at all, even if the installer
would offer a target-folder selection, since the user doesn't even get
past the authorization.

So when you want to test yourself, create a non-administrator user first.

ciao
Christian

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