Re: [MacPerl] Installing on Users' Macs

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

At 17:09 -0800 12/2/98, Paul J. Schinder wrote:
> But OTOH, MacOS is MacOS, and Perl is a Unix program.  ... It's unlike the
> typical monolithic Mac app which drops it's "extension" files in the
>System
> Folder (hmm, there's a thought, since System Folders are usually the
>target
> of what few file protection thingies there are on MacOS).  It puts
>boatloads
> of "undocumented" files in a folder out in user land.

Which preceeding noun does the "It" of the last sentence refer to?  MacPerl
or "typical monolithic apps"?  'Cause if it's MacPerl, I've certainly got a
bunch of apps that put "boatloads of 'undocumented files' in a folder out
in user land".  MacPerl's files are actually quite well documented (if you
rtfd).

>That's an idea.  As I recall, Tcl/Tk puts all of its files in the
>Extensions or the Preferences folder.  Maybe lib should go there,
>additionally protected by invisibility.  There's a System Folder lockdown
>built into 8.5, no?
>

<small rant>

Oh please, Please, PLEASE don't let us ever start putting MacPerl files
into the System Folder.  My System Folder is 229 MB as it is.  It contains
over 2000 (yes, 2000!) items.  Many of which are shared libraries and
things that are _not_ loadable extensions but some Asanine program has
stuck them in the Extensions folder because they couldn't think of a better
way.

Every so often I wander through with Conflict Catcher wondering what I can
throw away.  My Eudora Folder is an alias to the real Eudora Folder.  My
Claris folder can't be because _some_ Claris apps recognize the alias and
some don't :-( I can't even back up my System Folder onto 2 Zip disks
anymore.

YUCK.

</small rant>

There is an Applications Folder lockdown too.  If you insist, use that.  Or
get one of the security program that hides/locks individual folders, such
as FolderGuard.
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