Re: Leopard PackageMaker and postinstall script
Re: Leopard PackageMaker and postinstall script
- Subject: Re: Leopard PackageMaker and postinstall script
- From: Stéphane Sudre <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:23:50 +0200
On Jul 1, 2008, at 6:52 PM, Scott Amory wrote:
On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:17 PM, bobkells wrote:
Having trouble getting a script named postinstall to run
from an installation created by Leopard PackageMaker, using
backwards compatible options with a Tiger *.pmproj file.
The Leopard Installer does not want to run postinstall.
The only way it will run the script is to rename it to postflight,
and create via the Tiger PackageMaker. The Leopard Installer
then runs the postflight script.
Does Leopard Installer have trouble running a postinstall script?
Thanks...bob
Ok, so it sounds like you are making a Tiger style (bundled)
installer. First can you confirm that the postinstall script that
you have created is inside the packages Resources folder after you
build the package with PackageMaker? If the script is there and
you do not see the script run during install make sure that the
system you are installing to hasn't already had the package
installed on it (check for a receipt).
A piece of knowledge that people seem to miss with these styles of
installers is when scripts get run. A postflight script will
always run. A postinstall script will only run the first time a
package is installed. A postupgrade script will only run when the
package is being installed for a second (or later) time. Chances
are if you delete your receipt you'll see your postinstall script run.
It might be necessary to detail why this behavior happens:
- with Tiger compatible packages: a postinstall script was run only
if the package was installed for the first time.
- with Leopard-only compatible packages: the postinstall script is
run whenever you install a package. The postinstall script is now the
postflight script.
--
Stephane
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