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Re: [ERROR] BomFileError 13: Permission denied - ///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office
by Christopher Ryan 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

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RE: [ERROR] BomFileError 13: Permission denied -///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office
by Wayne Linder 09 Apr '06

09 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZbKk+rjnMIx8cdEdqzgAANkzDgagAUF9Kq Thread-topic: [ERROR] BomFileError 13: Permission denied -///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office Are you sure that the owner for the item you're installing (and the filepath to it) is root:wheel and the permissions 755? Have you repaired permissions on this volume lately? -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+linder=iomega.com(a)lists.apple.com on behalf of Ruslan Zasukhin Sent: Sat 4/8/2006 10:34 AM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Cc: Subject: [ERROR] BomFileError 13: Permission denied -///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office Hi All, I have package which did work many months. Suddenly, on my computer It have start produce BomFileError 13: Permission denied - ///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office After 2 hours of check everything I giveup, and ask for help. I use PackageMaker 2.1, OS X 10.4.4 PPC IF I manually assign owner for /Library/StartupItems to be not system but me, Then installation going fine. IT SEEMS to me, problem is that in log below we can see ADMIN AUTH was done. But in PackageMaker I have specify ROOT AUTH. So it seems Admin cannot access ROOT folder. Logically? But then it sounds like a bug somewhere ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-135 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Dec 1 2005 20:37:48\n Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-86 DEVELOPER:root BUILT:Sep 2 2005 14:24:50\n Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Hardware: PowerMac7,3 @ 2000 MHz (x2), 1024 MB Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Running OS Build: 8G32 Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : VServer_Office_Start Installation Log Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Opened from: /PARADIGMA/Developer_2/VServer/CodeWarrior/VServer_Office packages/Scripts/Vserver_Office_Start.pkg Apr 8 19:28:53 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.038141 seconds to load 7 UI sections Apr 8 19:28:54 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.572973 seconds to finish launching. Apr 8 19:28:55 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Distribution: VServer_Office_Start Apr 8 19:28:55 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Installation checks completed successfully. Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : admin auth received to install Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : ============================================================================ ==== Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : User picked Easy Install Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Choices selected for installation: Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Upgrade: "VServer_Office_Start" Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Vserver_Office_Start.pkg : com.paradigmasoft.vserver : 2.3.0.2.3 Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : ============================================================================ ==== Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.001198 seconds to summarize the package selections. Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Starting installation: Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Preparing volume "G5_50" for installation Apr 8 19:29:02 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Configuring volume "G5_50" Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Preparing local booted disk Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Create temporary directory "/private/tmp/Vserver_Office_Start.pkg.1103OhNhyT" Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Processing VServer_Office_Start: Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Initialize patching Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Determining files to install Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Evaluating versions of bundles Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Evaluating custom file version checking Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Configuring deferred files Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Determing obsolete files Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Assembling temporary receipt Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Performing pre-extraction actions Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : ==== It took 0.021076 seconds to check for prebinding Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Removing obsoleted files Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Creating destination path Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Extracting files Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : BomFileError 13: Permission denied - ///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : 4 files looked up in 0.00 seconds. 4 files written in 0.00 seconds. Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : 0 kilobytes installed. Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Install failed: Some files for Vserver_Office_Start may not have been written correctly. Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Private/Total = (4.7MB, 63.9MB), Heap/Total = (2.4MB, 17.9MB), Regions(malloc, private) = (33, 33) Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 1.226486 seconds to unsuccessfully install "VServer_Office_Start" (1 pkg(s)) Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 1.008658 seconds to Configuring volume "G5_50" (dm prepare*disk) Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.209394 seconds to Install VServer_Office_Start: 22 elements Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.206925 seconds to unsuccessfully Install package VServer_Office_Start Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.115045 seconds to Assembling temporary receipt Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.025928 seconds to Collect path info (ATS, Sec Equiv, Kext, Pref Panes) Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : It took 0.042836 seconds to Write files Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Summary Information Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : Type Elapsed time (sec) Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : patch 0.000060 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : zero 0.008651 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : extract 0.042836 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : config 0.048743 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : receipt 0.115045 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : disk 1.008682 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : install 0.209394 Apr 8 19:29:03 ruslans-power-mac-g5 : -- Best regards, Ruslan Zasukhin VP Engineering and New Technology Paradigma Software, Inc Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information http://www.paradigmasoft.com [I feel the need: the need for speed] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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[ERROR] BomFileError 13: Permission denied - ///Library/StartupItems/VServer_Office
by Ruslan Zasukhin 08 Apr '06

08 Apr '06

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Re: PackageMaker Woes
by Alexander v. Below 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Am 07.04.2006 um 23:40 schrieb Christopher Ryan: Alex On 4/7/06 12:36 PM, "lentilwallop" <lentilwallop(a)hotmail.com> wrote: I am using PackageMaker 2.0.1 (120) I am having several problems: _______________________________________________ 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/below%40mac.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.… There is no built in support for installing into ~/. Check the list archives for workarounds suggested. The workaround I use is to install in /tmp, and use a postflight script to copy it to the right location. It is really just an mv, but I will gladly share it As for Admin permissions, since you are an admin, it allows for installation, if your user was not it would ask for authentication. My problem is, that for a non-admin user, the Installer tries to install the receipt into /Library/Receipts but fails - due to permission issues. Maybe the answer to this problem is somewhere in the archives -- I am unable to find it. If someone has a pointer I would appreciate it. And in my case, I would hate if I had to really ask the user for admin privs. If I try to specify "~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/" as the Default Location in the Configuration screen, it puts the files in /~/Library/ Internet Plug-Ins where the ~ is the actual tilda character, and is not replaced by the current user's home. This seems contrary to what I am reading should happen. If the package is installed, and I re-run the installer with a newer made installer package (to check installation changes) the files in the destination to not get overwritten with the new ones in the new package. I am not changing the version. How can it be made to overwrite? during testing, I was putting the files into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and specifing that Administrator authentication be used, but the installer never asked for a password. what gives? my current user is allowed to administer the computer, and for all other things administrata is asked for password. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Carbon-dev mailing list (Carbon-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/carbon-dev/andy% 40soundspectrum.com This email sent to andy(a)soundspectrum.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/ryanc% 40apple.com This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com This email sent to below(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker Woes
by Christopher Ryan 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Chris On 4/7/06 12:36 PM, "lentilwallop" <lentilwallop(a)hotmail.com> wrote: I am using PackageMaker 2.0.1 (120) I am having several problems: _______________________________________________ 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/ryanc%40apple.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.… There is no built in support for installing into ~/. Check the list archives for workarounds suggested. As for Admin permissions, since you are an admin, it allows for installation, if your user was not it would ask for authentication. If I try to specify "~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/" as the Default Location in the Configuration screen, it puts the files in /~/Library/ Internet Plug-Ins where the ~ is the actual tilda character, and is not replaced by the current user's home. This seems contrary to what I am reading should happen. If the package is installed, and I re-run the installer with a newer made installer package (to check installation changes) the files in the destination to not get overwritten with the new ones in the new package. I am not changing the version. How can it be made to overwrite? during testing, I was putting the files into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins and specifing that Administrator authentication be used, but the installer never asked for a password. what gives? my current user is allowed to administer the computer, and for all other things administrata is asked for password. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Carbon-dev mailing list (Carbon-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/carbon-dev/andy% 40soundspectrum.com This email sent to andy(a)soundspectrum.com This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker Woes
by Andy O'Meara 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZaYXjEzwCCl/8BTImMMFBSPA1d3AABhv2h Thread-topic: PackageMaker Woes User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 You should be posting in the installer-dev list. If you search in there, you'll see that this question comes up again and again and again: http://lists.apple.com/archives/installer-dev/2005/Dec/msg00047.html Don't thank me, thank Stéphane. Andy On 4/7/06 12:36 PM, "lentilwallop" <lentilwallop(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I am using PackageMaker 2.0.1 (120) > I am having several problems: > > If I try to specify "~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/" as the Default Location > in the Configuration screen, it puts the files in /~/Library/Internet > Plug-Ins where the ~ is the actual tilda character, and is not replaced by > the current user's home. This seems contrary to what I am reading should > happen. > > If the package is installed, and I re-run the installer with a newer made > installer package (to check installation changes) the files in the destination > to not get overwritten with the new ones in the new package. I am not > changing the version. How can it be made to overwrite? > > during testing, I was putting the files into /Library/Internet Plug-Ins > and specifing that Administrator authentication be used, but the installer > never asked for a password. what gives? my current user is allowed to > administer the computer, and for all other things administrata is asked for > password. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Carbon-dev mailing list (Carbon-dev(a)lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/carbon-dev/andy%40soundspectrum.com > > This email sent to andy(a)soundspectrum.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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Installing Preference Panes / Non-admin user issues
by Alexander von Below 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello List, Help, hints and pointers are greatly appreciated Alex _______________________________________________ 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.… initially, I stumbled upon the problem of updating a _loaded_ preference pane (1). Also, I would like to support 10.2, which does not include the "double-click" install for preference panes. Currently, my solution is to use an installer with a preupdate script that will quit the System Preferences and make sure my deamon (2) is shut down properly (3). This brought me to problem two: Installing a user's home directory. I am working around that with a postflight script that will move the Preference Pane from /tmp/ to ~/Library/ PreferencePanes But this is not my real problem (but I gladly read interesting comments, if you have them). Here is the problem: *** The Main Question: If a non-admin user tries to install the software, the installer can not copy the receipt into /Library/ Receipts due to permission problems. It works on admin accounts. I do not want to ask for admin privs, because my app has no need for them, and any user should be able to install the software. Besides, I tell users to scrutinize every piece of software that asks for admin priviledges, and while I do not mind scrutiny on my app users should see as clearly as possible that it does no evil. (1) http://lists.apple.com/archives/cocoa-dev/2005/Jul/msg00376.html (2) Technically, this is just a faceless background app that is started as a login item (3) If the Preference Pane was updated when loaded, I could then shutdown the old deamon and load the new one. However, as the pref pane and the daemon always must have the same version number, the old, not updated Pref Pane tries to communicate with the wrong daemon. First thing they do is exchange version numbers, and this of course fails This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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command-line installer questions
by Philip D. Wasson 06 Apr '06

06 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com TIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip D. Wasson pwasson at maned dot com Software Engineer Managing Editor Inc. _______________________________________________ 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 writing a Software Update-like application. It calls the command- line installer tool to do the actual installation. I've found a few things lacking in this approach, either due to lack of documentation or lack of capability in the installer. 1. Is there any way to cancel an installation cleanly? I had hoped that I could perhaps send a signal to the installer process, but no such thing is documented. I don't expect that simply killing the process would be good. 2. Is there a way to get better progress feedback from the installer? I could use some documentation on how to interpret its output, but it would be nice if it emitted percent-complete more often. Here's a sample of the output I got from one installer: installer: Package name is <some product name> installer: Installing onto volume mounted at /. installer:PHASE:Preparing for installation installer:%0.013333 installer:PHASE:Preparing <some product name> installer:PHASE:Installing <some product name> installer:STATUS: installer:STATUS:Configuring Installation installer:STATUS:Writing files installer:%0.235804 installer:STATUS:Writing files: 11% Completed installer:STATUS:Writing package receipt installer:PHASE:Finishing Installation installer:%0.002000 installer:STATUS:Finishing Installation installer:%1.000000 installer:STATUS: installer:%1.000000 installer:PHASE:The software was successfully installed installer: The install was successful. So, what's the difference between a PHASE and a STATUS? And I can't make any sense of the % numbers. Is using the command-line installer tool even a reasonable thing to do? I don't want the user to have to go through the full installer UI for each product that's being updated. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Package installer launching Classic??
by Andy O'Meara 04 Apr '06

04 Apr '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZYMJp62MlPJMQjEdqXCAAKlaBZUA== Thread-topic: Package installer launching Classic?? User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 I've gotten some scattered reports that my installer is causing Classic to startup... It's completely beyond me and given the reports, it seems like the only explanation can be that the 'ditto' call I make in my preflight is somehow doing this... Anyone ever see the Classic environment ever start up like this before? Andy _______________________________________________ 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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