On Feb 15, 2008, at 12:29 AM, Paul FitzGerald wrote:
So, I started with a new startup company and I'm the only Mac
Engineer. That means I now have to build my own installers. Log
time Mac developer, new to PackageMaker.
What I want to do is to use the PackageMaker GUI to setup a pmdoc
file that I can call from a shell script to package up our product.
I'm having several issues. The biggest one is consistency. It seems
that every installer I build (currently building from the GUI)
behaves differently. So far I can't nail down specifics. But I'd
like to get a feel for the stability of this version of
PackageMaker before I go nuts.
Two issues that I'm having problems with are...
1) Setting Owner/Group/Mode. I want to set Owner to root and Group
to Admin and one directory in the app need write access for
everyone. The permissions in the app are already set as I need them
but the Owner/Group is not. It seems that sometimes the installer
does what I want and sometimes it does not.
2) I have a Postinstall Action that is suppose to launch the
application when the installer is done. (I'd also like the
installer to quit post install as well) I've seen it work a couple
of times but usually nothing happens.
I am using the PackageMakers Users Guide as my reference.
Thanks for any help and pointer in the right direction,
Which package format do you use (or to be PackageMaker compliant,
which OS do you target when you create your project)?
A postinstall action does not mean the same thing depending on the
package format...
--
Stephane
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