Details
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Bug
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Resolution: Fixed
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P3: Somewhat important
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5.4.0
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None
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OS X 10.9.5
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macOS
Description
qtdiag from the official 5.4.0 OS X installer provides the following information:
Standard paths [*...* denote writable entry]: DesktopLocation: "Desktop" */Users/bertin/Desktop* DocumentsLocation: "Documents" */Users/bertin/Documents* FontsLocation: "Fonts" */System/Library/Fonts* ApplicationsLocation: "Applications" */Applications* MusicLocation: "Music" */Users/bertin/Music* MoviesLocation: "Movies" */Users/bertin/Movies* PicturesLocation: "Pictures" */Users/bertin/Pictures* TempLocation: "TemporaryItems" */var/folders/j1/1439ppj08xj8h6006s6drbq00000gs/T* HomeLocation: "Home" */Users/bertin* DataLocation: "Application Support" */Users/bertin/Library/Application Support/QtProject/qtdiag* /Library/Application Support/QtProject/qtdiag /usr/local/qt/5/5.4/clang_64/bin/ CacheLocation: "Caches" */Users/bertin/Library/Caches/QtProject/qtdiag* /Library/Caches/QtProject/qtdiag GenericDataLocation: "Application Support" */Users/bertin/Library/Application Support* /Library/Application Support RuntimeLocation: "Application Support" */Users/bertin/Library/Application Support* ConfigLocation: "Preferences" */Users/bertin/Library/Preferences* DownloadLocation: "Documents" */Users/bertin/Documents* GenericCacheLocation: "Caches" */Users/bertin/Library/Caches* /Library/Caches GenericConfigLocation: "Preferences" */Users/bertin/Library/Preferences*
Several things strike me as erroneous in that print-out. In order of appearance:
- The fonts location should be ~/Library/Fonts, /Library/Fonts, /System/Library/Fonts ; not just and only /System/Library/Fonts.
- The writable fonts location should be ~/Library/Fonts and CERTAINLY NOT /System/Library/Fonts
- The ApplicationsLocation /Applications should not be writable. I checked: this writable state does not correspond to whether the directory is actually writable by the user who calls qtdiag.
In addition to this I've seen a claim on the KDE-Mac mailing list that the DataLocation path can also contain "/Library/Application Support" as a writable location, instead of "~/Library/Application Support". I have not been able to reproduce this, but it seems worth investigating.