Why does the GIT OS X installer (dmg) need root access?

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Why does the GIT OS X installer (dmg) need root access? #39

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

I'm trying to keep the number of applications that truly need root access down 
to a minimum.  Is 
there a way to use the nice installer for GIT and put it somewhere other than a 
location requiring 
root access?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bart.adv...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2009 at 1:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

This seems to be a problem with snow leopard. On no POSIX-ish operating system 
known to me is /usr/local 
accessible via root only.  I would just change the permissions of the folder.

Original comment by timchar...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2009 at 4:01

Changed state: Invalid

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago

Did the installer need to create that path? I'm wondering if by default the 
installer might be giving screwy 
permissions, and I may need to modify the xml for the package and fix it.

OS X's package maker seems to be a pile of steaming crap. It's full of bugs and 
I'm not sure if there are any plans 
to fix it :S.

Tim

Original comment by timchar...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2009 at 4:06