Re: Everything installs in /Applications, but not *.app bundles
Re: Everything installs in /Applications, but not *.app bundles
- Subject: Re: Everything installs in /Applications, but not *.app bundles
- From: Greg Neagle <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:09:37 -0700
On Oct 27, 2010, at 2:03 PM, Iceberg-Dev wrote:
> <snip>
> If you look at the Installer logs, does it say that the application was relocated during install to another location (like where another instance of the application already exists)?
>
> If the answer is yes, this is a known issue that can be addressed by unchecking the option to search for previous instances.
>
> That being said, I'm wondering whether this "bug" is going to make it to the Mac App Store.
***Speculation ahead***
I'm betting not, because I'm betting the Mac App Store won't be using Installer.app or /usr/sbin/installer at all.
The leaked guidelines for apps that can be submitted for inclusion in the Mac App Store say all apps must consist of a single, self-contained bundle, and may not install files outside that bundle. This makes sense, since the demo last week showed apps being installed without any prompt for admin credentials.
This means the apps will be installed with a simple copy to some place the user has "write" rights, and removed with a simple delete operation.
More complex software that requires an Installer package simply will not be available on the Mac App Store.
-Greg _______________________________________________
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