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  • Subject: pkg/product-build packages not asking for admin password on 10.5.x
  • From: Bram de Jong <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:38:34 +0100

Hello all,


New on this list. Hello!

We are building packages on 10.7 which should at least be install-able
on 10.5(.8). We create audio software and audio people are a very
conservative crowd when it comes to upgrading - if it's not broken
don't fix it is almost their life's manta!

So, we're using pkgbuild and productbuild to create the packages, but
(--this is our first analysis but might not be the root cause--) none
of the installers are asking for admin passwords. When trying to write
things they just fail with this rather cryptic message:

Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 payloadExtractor[553]:
BomFatalFileError 1: Operation not permitted - //.
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 payloadExtractor[553]:
BomFileError 1: Operation not permitted - //.
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 Installer[550]: PackageExtraction
tool errors being sent faster than they're being processed
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 payloadExtractor[553]:      Error
extracting archive.
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 payloadExtractor[553]:
pkgExtractor exited with error 1 while processing package
'/Users/macuser/Desktop/SaltyGrainInstaller_1.0_20121219.pkg'
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 Installer[550]: Install failed:
The Installer could not install some files in “/”. Contact the
software manufacturer for assistance.
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 Installer[550]: Displaying
'Install Failed' UI.
Jan  8 15:41:55 mac-users-mac-pro-3 Installer[550]: 'Install Failed'
UI displayed message:'The Installer could not install some files in
“/”. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.

We have a long script creating the packages, so there are plenty of
variables in here all representing paths, but this is the gist of it:

pkgbuild --root $RootPath --scripts $ScriptsPath --identifier
com.samplesumo.pkg.saltygrain --version 1.0 --install-location /
--ownership recommended $PackageTmp

productbuild  --distribution "distribution.xml" --package-path
$PackagingDir --resources $ResourcesPath $Package

The distribution XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<installer-gui-script>
    <title>SampleSumo - SaltyGrain</title>
    <readme file="ReadMe.rtf" mime-type="text/plain" />
    <license file="Copyright.rtf" mime-type="text/plain" />
    <background file="logo.png" scaling="none" alignment="bottomleft" />
    <domain enable_anywhere="false" enable_currentUserHome="false"
enable_localSystem="false"/>
    <pkg-ref id="com.samplesumo.pkg.saltygrain"/>
    <options customize="never" require-scripts="false"/>
    <choices-outline>
        <line choice="default">
            <line choice="com.samplesumo.pkg.saltygrain"/>
        </line>
    </choices-outline>
    <choice id="default"/>
    <choice id="com.samplesumo.pkg.saltygrain" visible="false">
        <pkg-ref id="com.samplesumo.pkg.saltygrain"/>
    </choice>
    <pkg-ref id="com.samplesumo.pkg.saltygrain" version="1.0"
onConclusion="none">SaltyGrain-tmp.pkg</pkg-ref>
</installer-gui-script>

If anyone has any idea why this would be failing that would be
great... After a bit of messing about we now have 10.5.8 installed in
vmware, so testing anything you might suggest is quite easy.


kindest,


 - Bram

--
Bram de Jong - CTO
SampleSumo BVBA, Wiedauwkaai 23 G, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Web: http://www.samplesumo.com
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