[OS X TeX] MacTeX - a few questions

[Richard Koch]

Folks,

On Feb 24, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

> MacTeX seems to be more user (= Mac owner) oriented, i-Installer is  
> more like a system tool, like Apple's Installer (which reads from  
> the package a description of permissions, which are also used by  
> Disk Utility to check and repair permissions on the disk) – two  
> worlds collide!

I don't understand this paragraph.

The difference between i-Installer and MacTeX is that i-Installer  
gives the user greater control over what is installed and how it is  
configured, while MacTeX installs without asking questions, by  
design. Peter suggests that there are other permission-related  
different philosophies, which isn't the case. The MacTeX installer  
gives the /Applications/TeX folder exactly the same owner, group, and  
permissions that Apple itself gives to /Applications. MacTeX gives / 
usr/local/texlive exactly the same owner, group, and permissions that  
Apple itself gives to /usr. Etc.

Dick
koch at math.uoregon.edu



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