April 2006 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Question about uninstalling...
by Chas Spillar 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZlgId9xi3oIdFzEdqqDgAKlWbOMg== Thread-topic: Question about uninstalling... User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.3.060209 Is there any way to make add a "remove" option to the standard package manager / installer? Chas. _______________________________________________ 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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Questions about installer plug-in
by Aaron London 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

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RE: Resolution of PackageMaker CLI with Preserve Resource Forks option requiring root privs?
by Aaron London 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

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Re: Resolution of PackageMaker CLI with Preserve Resource Forks option requiring root privs?
by Christopher Ryan 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

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Resolution of PackageMaker CLI with Preserve Resource Forks option requiring root privs?
by Aaron London 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

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Re: Resetting existing directory permissions
by Peter Bierman 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com You are correct, there is no simple trick to accomplish what you want. Please file an enhancement request via bugreporter if you'd like one. -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 5:05 PM -0400 4/19/06, Charles Bailey wrote: I'm not sure how else to tell the "Repair Permissions" process that the new mode is in fact the correct one. Am I missing a simple trick, or is there no mechanism (short of hacking BaseSystem's Archive.bom , which sounds like madness) to accomplish this? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Resetting existing directory permissions
by Charles Bailey 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

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Re: Postflight Applescripts
by Peter Bierman 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -pmb On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: Does 'sudo /your/AppleScript' work correctly? _______________________________________________ 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.… No, I want to know if you've tested your AppleScript outside of the installer by executing it as root by hand using 'sudo'. You do _not_ want to use 'sudo' in any installer script, since it can be configured to always require a password, which would cause your script to hang. The reason for testing using 'sudo' is that there are only minimal differences between running the executable yourself using 'sudo' and how the installer runs it. At 6:17 PM -0400 4/18/06, Michael Kiaer wrote: Not sure exactly what you mean by 'sudo /my/AppleScript'? The Applescript is not wrapped in a shell script. I suspect if it were, it would execute properly. I seem to recall having worked around this issue by doing that before. At 5:36 PM -0400 4/18/06, Michael Kiaer wrote: So, foremost, I am interested in the general question: do Applescripts as pre/postflight scripts in installer packages not get the proper credentials passed from the package? The postinstall executable (AppleScript, shell script, whatever) is launched via a fork/exec from a UID 0 process. I'm not sure about how an AppleScript typically executes. It's possible that AppleScripts are always run through an interpreter that strips some credentials. -pmb This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Postflight Applescripts
by Michael Kiaer 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: Does 'sudo /your/AppleScript' work correctly? -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.… Not sure exactly what you mean by 'sudo /my/AppleScript'? The Applescript is not wrapped in a shell script. I suspect if it were, it would execute properly. I seem to recall having worked around this issue by doing that before. At 5:36 PM -0400 4/18/06, Michael Kiaer wrote: So, foremost, I am interested in the general question: do Applescripts as pre/postflight scripts in installer packages not get the proper credentials passed from the package? The postinstall executable (AppleScript, shell script, whatever) is launched via a fork/exec from a UID 0 process. I'm not sure about how an AppleScript typically executes. It's possible that AppleScripts are always run through an interpreter that strips some credentials. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Postflight Applescripts
by Peter Bierman 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Does 'sudo /your/AppleScript' work correctly? -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 5:36 PM -0400 4/18/06, Michael Kiaer wrote: So, foremost, I am interested in the general question: do Applescripts as pre/postflight scripts in installer packages not get the proper credentials passed from the package? The postinstall executable (AppleScript, shell script, whatever) is launched via a fork/exec from a UID 0 process. I'm not sure about how an AppleScript typically executes. It's possible that AppleScripts are always run through an interpreter that strips some credentials. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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