Re: Pre and postinstall scripts not running from PM 3.0.1 pmdoc
Re: Pre and postinstall scripts not running from PM 3.0.1 pmdoc
- Subject: Re: Pre and postinstall scripts not running from PM 3.0.1 pmdoc
- From: "OSullivan, Steve" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:06:08 -0800
- Thread-topic: Pre and postinstall scripts not running from PM 3.0.1 pmdoc
Thanks to you and dev.iceberg!
Your explanation got me over the hump!
Regards,
Steve O'Sullivan
On 12/2/08 9:46 AM, "Scott Amory" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Can you clarify if you are using bundle style (targeting 10.4 or
> less) or flat (targeting Leopard only). If you are using bundle style
> check that you haven't already installed the package and are
> reinstalling it. Remember that in bundle style packages there are 3
> different kinds of scripts that can run under certain conditions:
>
> pre/postflight - these are always run when a package is installed
> pre/postinstall - these are only run the first time a package is
> installed
> pre/postupgrade - these are only not run the first time a package is
> installed.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Scott
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 8:51 AM, OSullivan, Steve wrote:
>
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> My apologies for this re-send. I am just hoping that perhaps one or
>> two more
>> people may see this and respond. This is the last time I will send
>> this
>> out....
>>
>> In a nutshell, my pre- and postinstall scripts are not running from my
>> package. I have three components under one install option, and I am
>> allowing
>> only an easy installation on the system volume. One component has a
>> set of
>> pre- and post install scripts attached to it, and the second has a
>> postinstall script attached to it. The third component has no scripts
>> attached.
>>
>> My scripts are Bourne shell scripts (each starting off with #!/bin/
>> sh) and
>> are executable. I have written them in TextWrangler. They are in Mac
>> OS
>> Roman encoding with Unix LineFeeds. (I hope this is not considered
>> extraneous....)
>>
>> In an earlier iteration of this installer setup, I did have a
>> postinstall
>> script that executed properly, and I think I have set things up
>> virtually
>> identically between the two iterations. I cannot seem to find where
>> I am
>> messing up....
>>
>> I have put echo lines into my scripts that output to textfiles to
>> see if the
>> scripts are running, and the output files never get created.
>> Therefore, I do
>> not think that the scripts are running at all.
>>
>> If anyone has any suggestions as to how to best troubleshoot this, I
>> would
>> really appreciate your input.
>>
>> Thanks for any and all advice.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Steve O'Sullivan
>>
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