• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Never upgrade. Always install
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Never upgrade. Always install


  • Subject: Never upgrade. Always install
  • From: Justin Williams <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 09:33:54 -0500

Hi,

I am running into an issue with my Installer where many times it will determine that the user should be upgrading their package rather than installing fresh. When this happens, files that are missing (usually the application bundle that should go to /Applications) is not installed.

I'd prefer to set my package to never have the option to upgrade and to just always install/overwrite the existing file on the user's Mac. I thought I could do this by adding the "pkgutil --forget net.secondgear.mybinary" command to my postinstall script to remove it from the receipts database, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

What's the preferred method to handle something like this? I was hoping there would be a magic button I could click in PackageMaker, but sadly, it didn't seem to exist.

Any help would be appreciated.

-
Justin Williams
http://secondgearsoftware.com/
-
Check out Today: snapshot view of your daily iCal agenda <http://secondgearsoftware.com/today/ >
-
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden
  • Follow-Ups:
    • Re: Never upgrade. Always install
      • From: Howard Moon <email@hidden>
  • Next by Date: Re: Never upgrade. Always install
  • Next by thread: Re: Never upgrade. Always install
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread