Mactel or PowerPC T3.1 upgraders please read

I'm currently looking into a problem with the Flash plugin instsller causing crosslinked files at installation time.

I have a request for any user who has upgraded to Traktor 3.1 running on OSX and who has installed the flash 8 plugin from the 3.1 install package, please run the Disk utility to check your disk and report back results here IF errors are found AND the errors occur in the Flash 8 plug-in files that were just installed.

This does NOT mean all systems that have upgraded are affected, I'm simply trying to understand if there is a problem here that needs attention.

Phil

 

HI Phil
I had this experience also while installing the 3.1 update. I did run the disk utility immediately after installing yesterday and did indeed find a whole heap ofthe 'flash' files were 'fixed' by the utility. I have copied the log below:

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Jul 1 11:48:35: Disk Utility started.

Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/version.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/version.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/version.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt, should be 0, owner is 501
Permissions differ on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt

Permissions repair complete


The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume

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that's wierd!
I've got pretty much the same computer as Crucial D, but I've had no problems, & nothing much in need of fixing in Disk Utility's log file.

 

I wonder how much of this is to do with Rosetta? Perhaps this is not seen on PPC, but I would still like to know for sure. I might be worth having people run Disk utility prior to upgrade and then after to confirm if this is a problem.

Phil

 

The upgrade on T3.1 went without problem on my PPC powerbook,

Here's my log of the disk Utility Repair

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Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Determining correct file permissions.
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/Info.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/MacOS/Flash Player
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/version.plist, should be 0, owner is 501
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/version.plist
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin/Contents/version.plist
User differs on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt, should be 0, owner is 501
Permissions differ on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt, should be -rw-rw-r-- , they are -rw-r--r--
Owner and group corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
Permissions corrected on ./Library/Internet Plug-Ins/flashplayer.xpt
Permissions differ on ./private/var/log/secure.log, should be -rw------- , they are -rw-r-----
Owner and group corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log
Permissions corrected on ./private/var/log/secure.log

Permissions repair complete
The privileges have been verified or repaired on the selected volume
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I also encountered the permissions issue after checking on my PowerMac G5 Quad. I'm thinking its not anything to worry about as perhaps NI's installer was not configured exactly right and maybe was not using the correct user to operate and install under.

Apple themselves recommends to verify/correct permissions before and after every major install as they cannot guarantee that their 3rd party developers will implement installation procedures 100% to Apple specs. The trick is to not let permissions issues get too out of hand ...

edit ...
Didn't see your potential OS crash note before posting this. It is absolutely true that permissions conflicts/corruption can cause system crashes. Therefore it is definitely recommended to verify and repair permissions on a regular basis.

 

Traktor 3.1.0 Update has been withdrawn. Problems with it will be fixed and an update released in a few days. If you have downloaded the 3.1.0 Update it is recommended that you do not install the update at this time but rather wait for 3.1.1 to become available soon.

Phil