Re: Software Update APi in Cocoa
Re: Software Update APi in Cocoa
- Subject: Re: Software Update APi in Cocoa
- From: Stéphane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:12:34 +0200
On samedi, juillet 14, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Uli Kusterer wrote:
On 14.07.2007, at 08:05, parag vibhute wrote:
I am designing software update tool in Cocoa.
Is there any software update apis for software update available in
Cocoa?
My requirement is suppose I have a mac on which I have kept all latest
security updates & I want to distribute those updates to my other
macs using
some other tool. Now what I require is to know what are currently
installed
security patches on those macs. So is there any framework on
anything in
cocoa which will tell me currently installed all security patches on
Mac?
No. But the OS has a "Receipts" folder somewhere in one of the
Library folders, those may contain useful information you could try to
extract.
It is recommended not to rely on Receipts. There is no official
document that states that receipts will always be there.
Regarding what you're trying to accomplish, just a quick note: this
feature is already available in Mac OS X Server. A Mac running Mac OS X
Server can be a proxy for software updates. If you only want to deal
with software update from Apple, this might be a solution.
If you want to deal with packages from another source, don't rely on
Receipts. You could check for software version, os version using the
Info.plist or SystemVersion.plist file, etc.
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