[squeak-dev] 5.2alpha "Squeak cannot write to the changes file named /private/var/folders/..." on macOS Sierra

Bernhard Pieber bernhard at pieber.com
Sat May 26 17:22:47 UTC 2018


Dear all,

I downloaded http://files.squeak.org/5.2alpha/Squeak5.2alpha-18019-64bit/Squeak5.2alpha-18019-64bit-201804030952-macOS.zip, extracted it and double-clicked it. The Squeak window opens but an error message appears:

"Squeak cannot write to the changes file named /private/var/folders/.../Squeak5.2alpha-18019-64bit.changes.
Please check you have write permission for this file.
You won't be able to save this image correctly until you fix this."

I am on on macOS Sierra Version 10.12.6 (16G1314).

I can reproduce it every time. When I move the extracted .app to another folder before double-clicking it, the error does not happen. However, I only found that out by chance. Real newbies might not be so lucky.

This should work, i.e. the copying to a different folder should not be necessary, right?

Thank you for giving me something to test. ;-)

Cheers,
Bernhard




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