Re: Error when trying to add Info.plist fo packagemaker project by command line
Re: Error when trying to add Info.plist fo packagemaker project by command line
- Subject: Re: Error when trying to add Info.plist fo packagemaker project by command line
- From: Bill Coderre <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:48:44 -0700
You're getting warmer...
PLISTS are a Mac OS X general purpose file format, not just for
installers. All legal bundles have them, and support is built into
CoreFoundation.
Having JUST those two lines is NOT a valid plist. Open any Info.plist
in TextEdit to see what else is needed.
You CAN write several different bits of code to ADD those two lines
(aka a "key-value pair") to an EXISTING plist. That's probably what
you want.
"defaults write" is probably the simplest way to add a pair to a
keylist. It will be something like the following (untested):
defaults write MyInstaller.pkg/Content/Info 'IFPkgFlagRestartAction'
'RequiredRestart'
Assuming this line does not produce an error, and you can see the
change in the file, it's working correctly. You're done. Ta-da.
The other choice is, as others have said, to get a "good" plist and
replace the one that PackageMaker makes with the good one.
On Oct 17, 2008, at 10:32 AM, OSullivan, Steve wrote:
The saga of the Info.plist file continues....
I have created an Info.plist file that consists of the following two
lines
<key>IFPkgFlagRestartAction</key>
<string>RequiredRestart</string>
And it is located in a directory named: /build_base/info_plist/
And I am calling packagemaker from the following command line:
/Developer/usr/bin/packagemaker -r /pkg_base_engine -o
/pkg_scratch/engine.pkg -i com.company.project -n 8.0.100.1 -t
"Project
Engine" -l /Applications/Company/Engine -s /build_base/scripts/ -e
/build_base/resources -f /build_base/info_plist/Info.plist -g 10.5 -h
system -b
When my build scripts run, I get the following error, and it only has
started since I added the Info.plist file to the mis:
2008-10-17 09:35:03.667 packagemaker[61797:10b] Setting to : 0 (null)
2008-10-17 09:35:03.668 packagemaker[61797:10b] Setting to : 0 (null)
2008-10-17 09:35:03.669 packagemaker[61797:10b] relocate: (null) 0
2008-10-17 09:35:03.670 packagemaker[61797:10b] Setting to : 0
com.emc.retrospect
ERROR: Could not merge "PackageInfo" file into package: Line 2:
Extra
content at the end of the document.
Are there any special requirements as to the formatting or line
breaks of
the Info.plist file? I am editing using TextWrangler and saving the
file as
"Western (Mac OS X Roman)" and "Unix LF".
Is my syntax wrong in my Info.plist file? Any and all thoughts are
appreciated!
Regards,
Steve O'Sullivan
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