Reparing permissions on 10.4.3

Hi all,
Since i upgraded to 10.4.3, when i repair the permissions whith Disk Utility, i have a full page whith repaired permissions, much more then before i upgraded, and when i run it again,i have the same permissions again to repair;
It concerns mostly the wigdets!
Does someone know why is this happening?
I also repaired the permissions from the installer disk and when i tryed back on system, i still have the same results...
I would apreciate your help, thanks,Ben.

benski,
The "special permissions" aren't really repairs, as Templeton already noted; think of them as bookkeeping entries Repair permissions uses while it's running. Those messages are informational only and really should only be showing up in the appropriate log for the seven people who actually care.Is this gonna go away with the 10.4.4?It's been feverently suggested by more than a few that the informational messages in Repair Permissions be suppressed in normal use, exactly for the reason you found, that the messages just confuse most users. Feel free to add your voice to the Apple - Feedback website.

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