On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Hagmann Jörg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that when updating the "suite" in my home directory I need to be a
> superuser. If not, I get:
>
> ----------------
> ! I can't write on file `cont-en.log'.
> Please type another transcript file name:
> ----------------
>
> Operating system: Mac 10.6.8
Not for me, and afaict, it has never happened to me before. Except … when at
some point you have run ./first-update or context --make as superuser, then the
files from that run will be owned by the superuser from then on. My guess is
that some of the files inside your local context tree are no longer owned by
you.
You could wipe the install (as superuser) and retry. Or, if you are familiar
with unix file handling, you could (as superuser) reassign the affected files
to your own user account from within Terminal, like this
First, check the output of this:
$ sudo find <contextinstallroot> -not -user <youraccount>
Then run:
$ sudo find <contextinstallroot> -not -user <youraccount> -exec chown
<youraccount> \{\} \;
Best wishes,
Taco
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