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Reading (0x20) and Diet (0x86)
by Stéphane Sudre 23 Jun '05

23 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com 0x20: Is the 0x20 character that expensive? 0x86: Stupid question regarding the IFPkgFlagInstallFat flag. If I have the following application: toto.app ----- Contents --+-- MacOS ----- toto | +-- AnotherOS ----- toto _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… The document at http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/ SoftwareDistribution/Concepts/sd_pkg_flags.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/ 20001940 is still missing a lot of space characters in the 4th and later chapters. where toto in MacOS is a FAT mach-o binary for the following architectures: PPC PPC_750 (you can have specific PPC_750 or 64 bits for instance sections from what I've heard) x86 and I'm installing the application with a package on Mac OS X on a Macintosh G4 with the InstallFat flag off, what is going to be installed? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to prevent files overwriting
by Stéphane Sudre 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On vendredi, juin 10, 2005, at 01:02 AM, Furlotti Raffaele wrote: 1° step First installation: I need to install every two packages (forced) and this is ok. This is happening on Mac OS X 10.4 from what I understand. Correct? _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I need to install Application Files (pkg) and Data Files (pkg) separately. They are contained in metapackage. 2° step Next installations: I can overwrite the Application Files but I need to not overwrite the Data Files already installed. I don't know how to automatically prevent the reinitialization of the Data Files previously installed. With previous version of Mac Os X 10.3.x the installer was working fine and correct. Is there anybody can help me? What mechanism do you use to prevent overwriting? Requirements? Versioning? Check scripts? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: IFRequirementDicts doesn't work properly from metapkg in Tiger
by Dary Mihova 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com We know about this bug and will try to get it fixed as soon as we can. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team Rich, Can you send me your packages in whole that have this problem? Chris At 10:58 AM -0700 6/10/05, Christopher Ryan wrote: Chris, Rich Rich,  Anyways, removing the comment will give you the correct behavior. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team In the other, I check that the version of XCode is 2.0. thanks --Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 -- Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/dary%40mac.com This email sent to dary(a)mac.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I had a similar problem with requirements of sub-packages being skipped. We found a workaround and it was to allow installing the meta-package and all of its subpackages on non-root volumes as well. In this case the requirements worked properly. Dary On 11.06.2005, at 03:16, Christopher Ryan wrote: I talked with Rich offline, and he is correct, there is actually a bug in the Tiger Installer causing the IFRequirement to not actually fail the package the first time you click the volume. If you select another volume and reselect the volume it then works as expected. On my system with Xcode 2.1, the first package is not enabled, but the second is, so it does indeed work. I placed the comments in to hilight the use of the operator. In the actual script, these comments are not present. Interestingly, I'm hearing that the same problem happens for the "file" SpecType, but if I use a SpecType of "gestalt", things works and the appropriate script is not selected. Your comments in the Info.plist are not legal xml comments. Because of this, the Installer is not reading the Info.plist correctly and it is ignoring the IFRequirements. The Installer should not let you open these packages at all, but that is another issue. If you want to put a comment in the xml plist file, you can do something like: I have a metapackage which has 2 packages. Each package has an IFRequirementDicts script. In one package I check for the presence of XCode 1.2 (really less than 2.0) <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/ Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string><</string> // NOTE LESS THAN OPERATOR <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/ Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> // NOTE Greater than/equal <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> When I run this metapackage under OS X 10.4.1, both packages are selectable. Is there a better way to do this, other than using a Distribution Script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: IFRequirementDicts doesn't work properly from metapkg in Tiger
by Christopher Ryan 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com We know about this bug and will try to get it fixed as soon as we can. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team Rich, Can you send me your packages in whole that have this problem? Chris At 10:58 AM -0700 6/10/05, Christopher Ryan wrote: Chris, Rich Rich,  Anyways, removing the comment will give you the correct behavior. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team In the other, I check that the version of XCode is 2.0. thanks --Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 -- Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I talked with Rich offline, and he is correct, there is actually a bug in the Tiger Installer causing the IFRequirement to not actually fail the package the first time you click the volume. If you select another volume and reselect the volume it then works as expected. On my system with Xcode 2.1, the first package is not enabled, but the second is, so it does indeed work. I placed the comments in to hilight the use of the operator. In the actual script, these comments are not present. Interestingly, I'm hearing that the same problem happens for the "file" SpecType, but if I use a SpecType of "gestalt", things works and the appropriate script is not selected. Your comments in the Info.plist are not legal xml comments. Because of this, the Installer is not reading the Info.plist correctly and it is ignoring the IFRequirements. The Installer should not let you open these packages at all, but that is another issue. If you want to put a comment in the xml plist file, you can do something like: I have a metapackage which has 2 packages. Each package has an IFRequirementDicts script. In one package I check for the presence of XCode 1.2 (really less than 2.0) <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/ Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string><</string> // NOTE LESS THAN OPERATOR <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/ Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> // NOTE Greater than/equal <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> When I run this metapackage under OS X 10.4.1, both packages are selectable. Is there a better way to do this, other than using a Distribution Script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: IFRequirementDicts doesn't work properly from metapkg in Tiger
by Christopher Ryan 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Rich, Can you send me your packages in whole that have this problem? At 10:58 AM -0700 6/10/05, Christopher Ryan wrote: Chris, Rich Rich,  Anyways, removing the comment will give you the correct behavior. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team In the other, I check that the version of XCode is 2.0. thanks --Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 -- Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… On my system with Xcode 2.1, the first package is not enabled, but the second is, so it does indeed work. Chris I placed the comments in to hilight the use of the operator. In the actual script, these comments are not present. Interestingly, I'm hearing that the same problem happens for the "file" SpecType, but if I use a SpecType of "gestalt", things works and the appropriate script is not selected. Your comments in the Info.plist are not legal xml comments. Because of this, the Installer is not reading the Info.plist correctly and it is ignoring the IFRequirements. The Installer should not let you open these packages at all, but that is another issue. If you want to put a comment in the xml plist file, you can do something like: I have a metapackage which has 2 packages. Each package has an IFRequirementDicts script. In one package I check for the presence of XCode 1.2 (really less than 2.0) <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/ Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string><</string> // NOTE LESS THAN OPERATOR <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/ Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> // NOTE Greater than/equal <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> When I run this metapackage under OS X 10.4.1, both packages are selectable. Is there a better way to do this, other than using a Distribution Script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: IFRequirementDicts doesn't work properly from metapkg in Tiger
by Rich Kubota 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com At 10:58 AM -0700 6/10/05, Christopher Ryan wrote: Chris, Rich, If you want to put a comment in the xml plist file, you can do something like:  Anyways, removing the comment will give you the correct behavior. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team In one package I check for the presence of XCode 1.2 (really less than 2.0) <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string><</string> // NOTE LESS THAN OPERATOR <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> In the other, I check that the version of XCode is 2.0. <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> // NOTE Greater than/equal <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> thanks --Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 -- Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I placed the comments in to hilight the use of the operator. In the actual script, these comments are not present. Interestingly, I'm hearing that the same problem happens for the "file" SpecType, but if I use a SpecType of "gestalt", things works and the appropriate script is not selected. Rich Your comments in the Info.plist are not legal xml comments. Because of this, the Installer is not reading the Info.plist correctly and it is ignoring the IFRequirements. The Installer should not let you open these packages at all, but that is another issue. I have a metapackage which has 2 packages. Each package has an IFRequirementDicts script. When I run this metapackage under OS X 10.4.1, both packages are selectable. Is there a better way to do this, other than using a Distribution Script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: IFRequirementDicts doesn't work properly from metapkg in Tiger
by Christopher Ryan 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Rich,  Anyways, removing the comment will give you the correct behavior. Chris Mac OS X Installation & Setup Team In the other, I check that the version of XCode is 2.0. thanks -- Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Your comments in the Info.plist are not legal xml comments. Because of this, the Installer is not reading the Info.plist correctly and it is ignoring the IFRequirements. The Installer should not let you open these packages at all, but that is another issue. If you want to put a comment in the xml plist file, you can do something like: I have a metapackage which has 2 packages. Each package has an IFRequirementDicts script. In one package I check for the presence of XCode 1.2 (really less than 2.0) <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app</ string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string><</string> // NOTE LESS THAN OPERATOR <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app</ string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> // NOTE Greater than/equal <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> When I run this metapackage under OS X 10.4.1, both packages are selectable. Is there a better way to do this, other than using a Distribution Script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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IFRequirementDicts doesn't work properly from metapkg in Tiger
by Rich Kubota 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com In one package I check for the presence of XCode 1.2 (really less than 2.0) <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string><</string> // NOTE LESS THAN OPERATOR <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> In the other, I check that the version of XCode is 2.0. <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>bundle</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>/Developer/Applications/Xcode.app</string> <key>SpecProperty</key> <string>CFBundleVersion</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> // NOTE Greater than/equal <key>TestObject</key> <string>500</string> </dict> </array> thanks -- Sincerely, Rich Kubota rkubota(a)apple.com (408) 974-6212 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… I have a metapackage which has 2 packages. Each package has an IFRequirementDicts script. When I run this metapackage under OS X 10.4.1, both packages are selectable. Is there a better way to do this, other than using a Distribution Script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How to prevent files overwriting
by Furlotti Raffaele 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com 1° step First installation: I need to install every two packages (forced) and this is ok. Is there anybody can help me? Thanks to all. Raffaele Furlotti _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Hi, I work with Iceberg 2.0. I need to install Application Files (pkg) and Data Files (pkg) separately. They are contained in metapackage. 2° step Next installations: I can overwrite the Application Files but I need to not overwrite the Data Files already installed. I don't know how to automatically prevent the reinitialization of the Data Files previously installed. With previous version of Mac Os X 10.3.x the installer was working fine and correct. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Permissions
by Stephane Sudre 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jun 9, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Sanford Selznick wrote: I'm building a package that contains meta packages. I'm also building a meta-package that contains other packages. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… What should the ownership _and_ permissions be of the miscellaneous resource scripts that go into my .pkg? (e.g.: postflight, installcheck, etc.) What should the ownership _and_ permissions be of all items that go into a .mpkg? Check the ones used in /Library/Receipts/Essentials.pkg/Contents/ Resources/ And while on the topic of metapackages, I have to copy the subpackages into the "Packages" folder of the metapackage manually, right? You will need to modify the value defining the relative location of the components of the package if you don't put them at the same level of the metapackage. The default relative location "value" is .. if I remember correctly. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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