PackageMaker 2.0 packages not working in Panther
PackageMaker 2.0 packages not working in Panther
- Subject: PackageMaker 2.0 packages not working in Panther
- From: Andy Peterman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:07:04 -0700
I've been updating some of my packages to the new PackageMaker 2.0.1
under Tiger, but I'm finding that while these work fine in Tiger, if
I try to install an update of an existing package that had been
previously installed in Panther, the new package fails, saying that
".A newer version of the package is already installed."
Looking at the receipt of the original install (done under Panther
with a package created with PackageMaker 1.2), I discovered that its
Info.plist contains the two keys IFMajorVersion and IFMinorVersion,
both set to 0. The new plist from PackageMaker 2.0.1 doesn't create
these two keys. I believe this is what's causing the problem because
if I either remove these two keys from the receipt package or add
them to the new package, the install works under Panther. It would
seem that the Installer that runs under Panther looks at these values
and if they're missing, gets confused.
I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this problem and what
sort workaround there might be (other than manually adding these two
keys each time I build the package under Tiger). Is the new
PackageMaker supposed to create packages that are backwards
compatible to the Installer that runs under Panther?
Thanks!
-- Andy
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