November 2006 - Installer-dev

Re: Latest security update & Installer.app?
by Peter Bierman 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com That's the extent of the Installer.app changes. (Admin authentication now always requests a password.) -pmb _______________________________________________ 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.… At 11:28 PM +0100 11/30/06, Stéphane Sudre wrote: Could it be possible to get detailed information related to the latest security update and how it affects Installer.app and the installation process? Before investing time in finding it, could it be possible to know for instance if this means the death of Admin Authentication (which would be good news)? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Latest security update & Installer.app?
by Stéphane Sudre 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.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.… Could it be possible to get detailed information related to the latest security update and how it affects Installer.app and the installation process? Before investing time in finding it, could it be possible to know for instance if this means the death of Admin Authentication (which would be good news)? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Hiding the customize Button
by Barry Janzen 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=beta; d=google.com; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:message-id:content-type:to:from:subject:date:x-mailer; b=q2h/WW7J7I0EejtVu6btHpVR2EbXzjL2n6ODGZLsJLQLLwTCgamNBOSqjTVSYjFjk jwRHd7+SgOwPHmohr6YVA== Barry Chris Another Question-- Thanks, Allen J. Fisher QA Engineer MakeMusic afisher*-at-*makemusic-*dot*-com www.makemusic.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.… So what are the hard ways of doing this? I was thinking of having a post-install script run via /usr/bin/install. That way the user gets a GUI, I get rid of the customize button, and everything gets installed. Dumb idea? There is no easy way to hide the customization in 10.3 and earlier, but on 10.4 and later, you can use a distribution script, which has the option of hiding the customization button. Is 10.4 or later an option? Another option is making a hybrid mpkg which will use a distribution script on 10.4 and later and your normal mpkg on 10.3 and earlier. With this approach you will be able to hide the customization button on 10.4 and later. Is there a way to hide the customize button? I have a meta package that includes a font installer and some application files. We would like to omit the option for a custom install. Is this possible? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: command line packagemaker with version numbers
by Aaron London 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AccUupXHaMGOyrQfR/ebbUqw2qU5EwAACuxg Thread-topic: command line packagemaker with version numbers The technique I use is to just update those values in the generated package property list files after building it...there's no need to rebuild the package. -A ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:53:52 -0800 From: "Brett George" <brett(a)apogeedigital.com> Subject: command line packagemaker with version numbers To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Message-ID: <web-2571082(a)apogeedigital.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Hi, I'm looking to the ultimate goal of performing a complete build and release from a single makefile. I've run into a problam at the moment though. i'd like to maintain the packagemaker project using the GUI and be able to build the package on the command line, with updated values for the "GetInfoString" and "Version" values. I understand I can supply I can supply a premade info.plist file on the command line, but it seems like there is info there that I really want to be generated from the GUI values. The only way I can think of achieving what I want is to create the package, grab the info.plist and modify it, then re-create the package, supplying this slightly modified plist. Is there a better way? Thanks in advance, Brett. _______________________________________________ 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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command line packagemaker with version numbers
by Brett George 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Thanks in advance, Brett. _______________________________________________ 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'm looking to the ultimate goal of performing a complete build and release from a single makefile. I've run into a problam at the moment though. i'd like to maintain the packagemaker project using the GUI and be able to build the package on the command line, with updated values for the "GetInfoString" and "Version" values. I understand I can supply I can supply a premade info.plist file on the command line, but it seems like there is info there that I really want to be generated from the GUI values. The only way I can think of achieving what I want is to create the package, grab the info.plist and modify it, then re-create the package, supplying this slightly modified plist. Is there a better way? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer background image size
by Stéphane Sudre 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, novembre 7, 2006, at 08:36 PM, Alex Sheh wrote: _______________________________________________ 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 All, Could someone please clarify what the size of a custom Installer background image should be? The below thread says 620x440, but the DarwinPorts background.tiff on my machine is 620x418 and it fit perfectly when I load it as a custom image. Is 620x440 the size of the entire GUI dialog and 620x418 the size of actual custom image (i.e. everything below the "Installer Interface Editor" strip)? 620x418 is the size of the contents view inside the window (it was the last time I measured it). 620x440 is the size of the window (22 is the height of the title bar probably). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer background image size
by Bill Coderre 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

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Re: Installer background image size
by Wayne Linder 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AccCpAsYfUhPrzquQPabWfWCkehbXwAAqs4J Thread-topic: Installer background image size User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.5.060620 _______________________________________________ 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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Installer background image size
by Alex Sheh 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

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Commandline metapackage?
by Shay Telfer 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=BJQxLf0i99kCN3oFh4XanybslgOsY+ey1dI9KW/5RAw4Q7rOG3GEsxJfRjhxxMHSYryZFL2kAhjaIdimGRKUBTXLEIfbe8KiQ3GG1HLtDsSm3eXYudKCQNPBwlAAMuXYhmyydjecSqyH/XdWloiqbbIBRb/DDHgOY6cO8LMt060= Hi... What commandline arguments do I need to give PackageMaker to get it to generate a Metapackage? Currently I'm passing it: /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker -build -v -p buildDir/ServerInstaller.mpkg -i buildDir/metapackage/Info.plist -d templateDir/metapackage/Description.plist -r templateDir/ metapackage/Resources -mi buildDir/packages But all it does is display its list of argument options with no indication of whether an error has occurred, or what that error might be. I've also tried with a combination of the above arguments. Any advice greatly appreciated! Thanks, Shay -- =========================== Shay Telfer ================================ Perth, Western Australia Technomancer There are many worlds and many Opinions for hire [POQ] tales, but not much time http://public.xdi.org/=Shay fnord - Roland of Gilead _______________________________________________ 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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