Tiger’s Installer deletes files during an update
Tiger’s Installer deletes files during an update
- Subject: Tiger’s Installer deletes files during an update
- From: Jens Adam <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:34:00 +0200
Hi,
I combined several package into a meta package to install an
application. Later, I made an updater, again combined *.pkg in a
*.mpkg. The updater contains changed and new items only.
This worked well on pre-Tiger systems. If the Installer shipped with
Tiger is used for the update, all files installed by the original
package but not contained in the update package are deleted. The
application is completely ruined.
The installer log of the updater contains lines talking about the
removal of obsolete files. Who decides which files are obsolete?
Shouldn’t that be the package author?
Is it possible to prevent this kind of damage by other means than
* putting everything into an updater, thus making it a full installer?
* changing package names, thus damaging the idea of receipts?
Jens _______________________________________________
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