Thanks, I've learnt something new about OSX! Although I didn't actually notice the problem in 4.4, perhaps I or the installer did something differently. I think this could merit a mention in the README for the installer, which people might pick up, at least after their original install went wrong.
-- Roger Hayter On 16 Aug 2015, at 12:05, Piet van Oostrum <pie...@pietvanoostrum.com> wrote: > Roger Hayter wrote: > >> If I install Libreoffice 5.0 on a MAC using Mountain Lion, OSX 10.8.5, and >> then install the English (GB) language pack, the first time I open LO it >> fails verification and tells me I should delete LO (and presumably >> re-download the 'damaged' file). However, if I install from the main, US >> locale, installer and open the program after installation and before adding >> the language pack, it verifies itself and opens. I can then close it and >> install the language pack with no further problem. >> >> I don't know how specific to my setup this problem is, and whether it is >> worth reporting as a bug. Has anyone else observed this? > > This is an artefact of the interaction of the way OS X does the verification, > and the way language packas are installed. Installation of the language pack > changes the application, thereby making it invalid. After verification, OS X > doesn't care anymore whether you change the application (but this may change > in future OS versions). > > The proper way to install is (as you described above in your second attempt): > > 1. Install the base version of LO. > 2. Open LO so that OS X will very it. > 3. Close LO > 4. Install the language pack. > > This also applies to other LO versions and later versions of OS X. > > The proper way for LO to solve this (IMHO) would be to put the language packs > outside the application. > -- > Piet van Oostrum <p...@vanoostrum.org> > WWW: http://pietvanoostrum.com/ > PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4] > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
