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From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac)
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Subject: Re: bundle bit on bundle-less files?
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Date: 26 Feb 89 22:10:51 GMT
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In article <15092@cup.portal.com> Michael_mkahl_Kahl@cup.portal.com writes:
>THINK C sets the bundle bit on any application it builds, even if there is no
>'BNDL' resource.  This is because there have been versions of the Finder that
>refuse to launch applications whose bundle bits aren't set.

I don't believe this (with respect to *released* version of the
Finder), since I've never seen such behavior in any version of the
Finder I've used, and I think I've used every released version of the
Finder since 1.1g.  Can anyone out there back Michael up, citing a
specific Finder version?  Or can someone authoritative (i.e., a Finder
developer) say definitely that it's never been so?

Evidence that the Finder hasn't ever required the bundle bit set for
all applications:

	1. MDS doesn't set the bundle bit automatically, but I've
	   never had trouble running my bundle-less MDS applications
	   (starting about October 1984 and continuing to the
	   present).

	2. Early versions of MacTerminal (through 2.0, I think) always
	   failed to set the bundle bit on downloaded applications,
	   but I never had any trouble running those, either, nor
	   did I hear anyone complain of such a problem.

Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
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