[ANN] Connectors 1.2a (fixes SqueakMap install problem)

danielv at netvision.net.il danielv at netvision.net.il
Sat Nov 9 22:05:32 UTC 2002


Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 09 November 2002 07:43 am, danielv at netvision.net.il wrote:
> > I still get an install failure.
> > Everything works clean when I create the icons and install
> > directories manually before starting the install.
> >
> > The zip archive tool doesn't seem to like creating directories
> > either.
> >
> > This is working under Linux.
> 
> Do you mean that this problem happens under linux?
Sorry about ambiguity - yes, I'm seeing this problem under Linux.

> If so, could you tell me the permissions and ownership of the Squeak 
> directory? You could do this:
> 
> $ ls -ld .
> drwxrwxr-x    9 ned      ned          8192 Nov  9 12:36 .

I get -
drwxr-sr-x   27 danielv  danielv     28672 Nov 10 01:01 .

I'm running squeak as danielv.
> I can't duplicate this problem on my system.
> 
> There may be a problem with the directory creation code, wherever it 
> lives.
> 
> Under the Mac, of course, directory creation seems totally broken; I 
> get files named like 'icons/whatever.gif' in the current directory. 
> I'll have to track down file path separator assumptions in the code, 
> I guess.

If only it broke and screamed bloody murder, I'd be glad to help with a
debug stack, but it just silently moves on with the install.
 
> -- 
> Ned Konz
> http://bike-nomad.com
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