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Re: Flat Packages Inside A Metapackage
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Re: Flat Packages Inside A Metapackage


  • Subject: Re: Flat Packages Inside A Metapackage
  • From: Joseph Chilcote <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:21:51 -0700

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Stephen McIntyre
<email@hidden> wrote:
> I'd like to roll all those updates into a single installer so there's only one thing that
> needs to be clicked on. Or we might unbox the computer, install a management
> agent, and then push the package to the computer.
> The problem I have is that with either PackageMaker or Iceberg I can't add
> flat packages to the metapackage that I'm making. Tiger-style (unflat?)
> packages add just fine.
> Is there something I'm overlooking here? Is there a workaround for this
> dilemma?

Maintaining an mpkg of all your software would be a logistical
nightmare. However, if you wanted something extremely quick and dirty
you could have a script loop through a folder of pkgs and install
them. E.g.:

for i in `ls -d /Volumes/Share/Packages/*.*.pkg; do
installer -pkg ${i} -target /
done

Also, I agree with the other posters, your time learning munki et al
would be well spent in the long run.

Cheers,
--joe
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