Re: Installer: Works on Tiger, Not on Panther
Re: Installer: Works on Tiger, Not on Panther
- Subject: Re: Installer: Works on Tiger, Not on Panther
- From: Mark Coniglio <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 08:00:00 -0400
Dear List & Stéphane,
On vendredi, septembre 8, 2006, at 11:18 PM, Mark Coniglio wrote:
How do you transfer the package from Tiger to Panther?
I create a disk image on Tiger.
This resulting disk image is downloaded by the
user, automatically mounts and runs. On Tiger
all is well -- the application folder is called
"MyName.app". On Pather, it is just "MyName",
thus it doesn't show up as an application.
The package is a self-contained item, no? It
would seem that the method of copying it to
Panther would have no bearing on how it would
be installed.
It seems more like the program that runs the
installer package on Panther is making a
mistake, as compared to the installer package
on Tiger.
Just to eliminate obvious cases:
- when you use Pacifist to inspect the package
contents, the .app extension is there?
Yes -- the .app is shown in Pacifist.
- On Panther, when you make a ls in the folder
where the app is installed, the .app extension
is there?
No -- it isn't there on Panther, but is there on Tiger.
- Is the Panther OS on a non HFS(+) partition such as UFS?
The partition is MacOS Extended (Journaled).
So again, it would seem that the installer
program that lives in 10.3.9 is dropping the .app
from the folder name, while the installer program
in Tiger is not.
I suppose there must be some way to run a
post-install script to check this and fix it if
necessary. I'll look up the docs on that.
Best,
Mark
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