Re: Adding PGInstaller to the Downloads section

On 2018-08-28 13:39, Dave Page wrote:
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> I did;
> 
> *==>** The following existing directories will be made group writable:*
> 
> /usr/local/bin
> 
> /usr/local/lib
> 
> /usr/local/share
> 
> /usr/local/var
> 
> *==>** The following existing directories will have their owner set to 
> *
> *dpage*:
> 
> /usr/local/bin
> 
> /usr/local/lib
> 
> /usr/local/share
> 
> /usr/local/var
> 
> *==>** The following existing directories will have their group set to 
> *
> *admin*:
> 
> /usr/local/bin
> 
> /usr/local/lib
> 
> /usr/local/share
> 
> /usr/local/var
> 
> I would rather we don't list a distro, than list one that we have to 
> put
> security warnings against.

Isn't OSX/macOS considered a "single user" system for the vast majority 
of its users?

Note - I'm meaning "single person has access to the machine", rather 
than talking about the process separation model.

For a single user machine, the above setup doesn't seem terrible.  It's 
not giving world writeable access, it's just claiming ownership of 
otherwise unused directories for the main users group.

?

Anyone using OSX/macOS in multi-user fashion is probably going to hit 
other issues too (eg other people's apps in /Applications), and probably 
:) avoids Homebrew.

+ Justin