README file for Mac OS X package

[Thomas Hardly]

The tor bundle looks good at first glance. The torstartup.pkg should
be installed into: /Library/StartupItems/Tor/  and not  
/System/Library/StartupItems/Tor/

I'll try some actuall installs of the package to check on everything else.

th


On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 23:43:50 -0500, Nick Mathewson <nickm at freehaven.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 01:35:51AM -0800, Hideki Saito wrote:
> > There's a problem:
> >
> > Custom install shows:
> > (unchecked) Tor  skip
> > (checked by default) Privoxy  upgrade
> > (Disabled) Untitled Package  disabled
> > (Unchecked) Untitled Package skip
> >
> > Probably this is some problem with metapackage creation.
> 
> Actually, it was a problem with the package script
> (contrib/osx/package.sh in the tar.gz file below.)  It said "-i xxx -i
> yyy" when it should have said "-i xxx -d yyy".  Now that particular
> bug seems fixed.
> 
> You can download a new version of the bundle and the source at the
> URLs below; as before, suggestions would be very welcome.
> 
> 
> > On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:41:17 -0500, Nick Mathewson <nickm at freehaven.net> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 05:36:00PM -0800, Hideki Saito wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks!  I've just make a scripted package building system based on
> > > the packaging files from Hideki Saito.  Could people please let me
> > > know whether the packages and the build system are correct?
> > >
> > > I converted the PackageMaker files to plist files by hand, so there
> > > are probably some mistakes.  I'll try to double-check everything as
> > > soon as I can, but others should check as well.
> > >
> > > The DMG is at:
> > >      http://wangafu.net/~nickm/Tor 0.0.9.1 Bundle.dmg
> > >
> > > The modified codebase is at:
> > >      http://wangafu.net/~nickm/tor-0.0.9.1-osx.tar.gz
> > >
> > > (Right now, it's only in the maintenance CVS branch; I'll forward-port
> > > it to the development branch once it's more solid.)
> > >
> > > To generate a bundle, type "make dist-osx".  All of the files that
> > > generate the bundle are in contrib/osx/ .  The hard work is done by
> > > the script contrib/osx/package.sh .  You may need ps2pdf to convert
> > > the man pages to pdf format.
> > >
> > > Issues with startup script: we should probably also add a preinstall
> > > script to create a _tor user, and have the tor process run as _tor, to
> > > avoid the dangers of running as root/nobody/whatever.
> > >
> > > Issues with installer: we need a better readme, better documentation,
> > > etc.  But now it's in CVS now, so you can send patches.
> > >
> > > Many thanks to everyone who's been working on this installer.
> 
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> --
> Nick Mathewson
> 
> 
> 


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