From 468e011c332bf15ef4ce0878678642908b51439c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Jansen Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:53:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a note about preference file problems for non-privileged OSX users. Stopgap for bug #534158. --- Mac/ReadMe | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/Mac/ReadMe b/Mac/ReadMe index d8825d5d2e48..421e2e82ff0e 100644 --- a/Mac/ReadMe +++ b/Mac/ReadMe @@ -108,6 +108,23 @@ If your program uses Tkinter you MUST run it under PythonInterpreter, Tkinter and IDE are incompatible and your program will fail in strange ways. +OSX Multiple users note +----------------------- + +Interaction with Mac OS X multiple users has been tested only very lightly. +If you install as a privileged user everything installs fine. + +If you install as a non-privileged user everything should install in your local +per-user folders. But: as there is no global PythonCore you can only run applets +if they reside in your toplevel Python folder. + +If you install as a privileged user and then try to run +Python as another (non-privileged) user you may encounter a problem with +not having a preference file: the symptom is failing to import all sorts +of standard modules. If you remove your per-user Python preference files +(in ~/Library/Preferences) and then run PythonIntpreter once everything should +be fine. + Uninstalling ------------ -- 2.47.3