Do not error when PKG installer cannot change file ownership in HOME (#1185)

* Do not error when PKG installer cannot change file ownership in HOME

* Fix typo in Windows installer options

* Add owner to warnings

Author: marcoesters

constructor/nsis/OptionsDialog.nsh

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Function mui_AnaCustomOptions_Show
             ${Else}
                 ${NSD_CreateLabel} 5% "$5u" 90% 20u \
                     "NOT recommended. This can lead to conflicts with other applications. \
-                    Instead, use the Commmand Prompt and Powershell menus added \
+                    Instead, use the Command Prompt and PowerShell menus added \
                     to the Windows Start Menu."
             ${EndIf}
             IntOp $5 $5 + 20

constructor/osx/run_conda_init.sh

@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ if [[ "${USER}" != "root" ]]; then
             if [[ -f "${file}" ]] || [[ -d "${file}" ]]; then
                 OWNER=$(stat -f "%u" "${file}" | id -un)
                 if [[ "${OWNER}" == "root" ]]; then
-                    chown "${USER}" "${file}"
+                    if ! chown "${USER}" "${file}"; then
+                        MSG="WARNING! Unable to change ownership of ${file} (owned by ${OWNER})."
+                        logger -p "install.warning" "${MSG}" || echo "${MSG}"
+                    fi
                 fi
             fi
             file="${file%/*}"

constructor/osx/run_installation.sh

@@ -122,8 +122,22 @@ find "$PREFIX/pkgs" -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; 2>/dev/null || :
 # This is not needed for the default install to ~, but if the user changes the
 # install location, the permissions will default to root unless this is done.
 chown -R "${USER}" "$PREFIX"
-test -d "${HOME}/.conda" && chown -R "${USER}" "${HOME}/.conda"
-test -f "${HOME}/.condarc" && chown "${USER}" "${HOME}/.condarc"
+CONDA_DIR="${HOME}/.conda"
+if [[ -d "${CONDA_DIR}" ]]; then
+    if ! chown -R "${USER}" "${CONDA_DIR}"; then
+        OWNER=$(stat -f "%u" "${CONDA_DIR}" | id -un)
+        MSG="WARNING: Unable to change ownership of ${CONDA_DIR} (owned by ${OWNER})."
+        logger -p "install.warning" "${MSG}" || echo "${MSG}"
+    fi
+fi
+CONDARC="${HOME}/.condarc"
+if [[ -f "${CONDARC}" ]]; then
+    if ! chown "${USER}" "${CONDARC}"; then
+        OWNER=$(stat -f "%u" "${CONDARC}" | id -un)
+        MSG="WARNING: Unable to change ownership of ${CONDARC} (owned by ${OWNER})."
+        logger -p "install.warning" "${MSG}" || echo "${MSG}"
+    fi
+fi
 
 notify "Done! Installation is available in $PREFIX."
 

news/1185-pkg-chown-permissions

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* PKG: Do not fail the installer when ownership of files in `$HOME` cannot be changed. (#1177 via #1184)
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* <news item>