Sure, enough, the second list was almost as long as the first. Face saved (for now)
OK here are some of the results of a second permissions repairs after having one done immediately after the 10.5.8 update. Clearly, the two runs should have been performed in sequence instead of with an interval of about 2 days, but here it is. I copied the two DU logs into Word docs and compared them:
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Item ID (same vs. different):
Almost half of the
items repaired were the same (64 same vs. 69 different), but their
permissions were mostly different (53 different, 11 same). The kind of change (added 'x's in 1st, 'l' in 2nd) is consistent across all items involved. For example:
1st: should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrwxr-xr-x .
2nd: should be -rw-r--r-- , they are lrw-r--r-- .
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Count data 1st vs. 2nd repair:
Words: 2069 - 1762
Characters (w/o spaces): 23,702 - 20,774
Characters (w/ spaces): 25,677 - 22,451
Paragraphs (CRs): 135 - 119
Lines: 384 - 342
So, in addition to a minor
quantitative difference of approx. 10-15% between 1st and 2nd repair, there is a much larger
qualitative difference (approx. 50%) between the two. Of course, one could argue about how meaningful those differences really are. Perhaps it's enough to cover your face...
