September 2005 - Installer-dev

Re: Permissions - OS 10.3.7 - PackageMaker
by Pavol Markovic 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: Regards, Pavol Markovic _______________________________________________ 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.… If you insist on packaging existing system directories into your package, then you'll have to be sure that you get the owners, groups, and permissions correct on those directories. And if Apple changes them (or any other developer doing the same thing), then there will be inconsistencies, and users will need to use repair permissions (which more or less just looks at Apple packages to settle the disagreements.) So what's the purpose of "Overwrite Directory Permissions" checkbox in PackageMaker? This doesn't make sense for me. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Installing a shared library
by Jay Prunty 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=hdeqQxcbf4Rs6Q7oHu3iIC6KrmonGdLef7+kCZ6fKwYaVo3XKXThTwGUc8fY8mZt9Qho3VcWFtfb3TzB/rdiin8oS2Js+SpY0vFnvMIGZAjs3mMZwwBi7qEgpPQ2DjOPDlszWjyCDA6ENhoRuJWodzVki5D3MlYRhygFRrDG7VQ= ; I'm trying to make an installer using package maker that installs an application and a shared library. The problem is when the shared library is installed, it is 20k smaller and seen as a document and not a shared library. Thanks Jay __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Permissions - OS 10.3.7 - PackageMaker
by Bob Hickey 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcWuZ4t1Y/+DwiKrQYiPWdrgd6onjgABhJVAAGDfxjA= Thread-topic: Permissions - OS 10.3.7 - PackageMaker Using Mac OS 10.3.7 I have figured out some more information on my permission problems of the installer and I am now really confused. I create a source tree of files on my Mac in preparation for the installer build. My userid on this machine is rohick. It appears that when anyone installs the application, they get MY userid with the file - but not in the form of rohick, but the number 503. I traced that down to being my uid on the Mac. So, many of the testers get 503 as the owner of the files, so they cannot delete without authentication, which is not right. Some get their userid, but only if their uid is also 503, which is just by chance. My installer has the "Override Directory Permissions" on the info tab UNCHECKED, which makes sense to me. I built an installer with this option CHECKED and the result was the same. 1) So, what is the trick to get my files to the user and give the ownership to them? 2) Is the Override permission option doing what it is supposed to? Thanks, Bob Hickey _______________________________________________ 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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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