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Fix installing updates which need escalated privileges #207
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If the parent isn't writable (e.g., /Applications), we'll need to launch with escalated privileges.
I've manually tested the following scenarios:
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joshaber
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Fix installing updates
Fix installing updates which need escalated privileges
Jul 18, 2017
Hi @joshaber - a big big thankyou for tackling this! Really great stuff 👍 |
Is it fixed in Electron (not sure if they or I need to do something to have this fix for my users)? |
No, Electron hasn't yet released an update which includes this fix. |
This was referenced Apr 16, 2018
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Fixes #157
Fixes #131
There were two problems:
I still need to find a way to test this, even if just by hand, to verify the above issues really are fixed.