[Pythonmac-SIG] Ownership of installed Python on Mac

[Ned Deily]

In article <nad-12DCDD.14311109082011 at news.gmane.org>,
 Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:

> In article 
> <CAKCKLWwbY2DAywF=f_k=h9ovkHJjq+prKng60q9d5Xte+VGKjg at mail.gmail.com>,
>  Michael Foord <fuzzyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't believe that is actually the case in Lion due to the changes 
> > pointed
> > out by Nicholas.
> Odd!  So far, this works for me on Lion with the current python.org 
> installer (3.2.1 at least).  Perhaps you can be more specific about 
> exactly how to reproduce what has changed for you.

Ah, a thought!  I have been testing with a vanilla Lion system with a 
freshly-installed python.org Pythons.  In that case, the permissions of 
the files in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework are being set as 
specified by the python.org installer.  Perhaps you are using a 
python.org Python that was on a system upgraded from Snow Leopard?  In 
that case, the Apple upgrade process may have mucked with the 
permissions of the existing files.  Reinstalling using the python.org 
installers would likely take care of that.  But it is something we 
should document and or consider changing.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org