Re: "First Run" installation of Application support stuff?

FROM : Peter Sichel
DATE : Wed Dec 18 22:18:18 2002

My application requires a bunch of small supporting applets that must
be configured as SUID root in order for the application to work.
I use the "First Run" process to complete the installation by
configuring these applets.

Question:

    Should these applets remain inside the application bundle,
    or be moved to "/library/Application Support/myApplication/..."

Notice leaving them inside the application bundle makes for
easy version control, install, and uninstall.  The downside
is the need to modify the application bundle (will not work
from read only media), and the application bundle is not
easily copied from the Finder.

Moving these pieces to "/library/Application Support/myApplication/..."
makes for a less intuitive uninstall since the user is unlikely to
know which pieces belong to the application and introduces the problem
of managing file versions.  What if the user has reason to use or test
more than one version of the same application?  How does the application
insure the correct version of its applets (plugins) are present without
conflicting with others?  Especially since these applets are SUID root?

Opinions?

- Peter
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