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

Re: Software protection tools for Mac osx?
by Stéphane Sudre 05 May '06

05 May '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On vendredi, mai 5, 2006, at 06:18 PM, Luke Bellandi wrote: Hi Flippo, I thought the recommendation was: but: you shall not rely on this only. _______________________________________________ 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.… You can add an Installer Plugin to require the user to enter a valid serial number/license code before performing the Install. Apple's Final Cut Studio software does this and won't install onto the user's computer without a valid serial number. Take a look at the /System/Library/Frameworks/InstallerPlugins.framework headers for documentation on writing such a plugin and integrating it into your installer. We're happy to answer specific questions on those API's on this list as well. You mean that if I copy the package or metapackage of FCP on my disk, then remove the plugin and the potential script, I can't install it with a serial number? Or if I use Pacifist, it's not possible? Or if I install it remotely with ARD? - you can do the serialization in an Installer Plug-in or a helper tool launch by a script This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Bundle bit not set
by Raymond Walsh 05 May '06

05 May '06

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Re: Software protection tools for Mac osx?
by Luke Bellandi 05 May '06

05 May '06

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Software protection tools for Mac osx?
by filippo 05 May '06

05 May '06

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Re: using packagemaker 2.0.1 for 10.2
by Stéphane Sudre 04 May '06

04 May '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On jeudi, mai 4, 2006, at 03:48 PM, Tim michals wrote: I'm using packagemaker 2.0.1 to create a simple installer, it works with 10.3 and 10.4 but fails using 10.2 what could be the problem? The problem might be the lack of description of what "fails" means... o Does it fail during installation? If so, what does the log window say? _______________________________________________ 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.… o Are you not able to select an installation target (no drives available)? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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using packagemaker 2.0.1 for 10.2
by Tim michals 04 May '06

04 May '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=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=w1UGWs2rnELjiQSPf2zyiMzA9FirDoMBQzBDbuGvJAUIdTBav9Z3FQk9x+YPvBfngQvo5rJatmoKb+pDyOQ/wZmMzcBQlGaG2ftdPVpS/aav4z8FOiiZRf8Pai//h2YtEPYmui2oMP2WKjOJC5K31bH61IWJP0Zep6ue09uAMSs= ; I'm using packagemaker 2.0.1 to create a simple installer, it works with 10.3 and 10.4 but fails using 10.2 what could be the problem? __________________________________________________ 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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RE: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue
by Aaron London 04 May '06

04 May '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcZvGiUW9Xgw63dzRYiod0BcO1dbHQAZWZqw Thread-topic: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue We're working on that, but we're running into other problems. The fact that the .pmproj files are saved by default as binary1 format creates a problem for their use in our source control environment where we'd prefer to store them as text xml1 format for the purposes of merging, diffing, etc... We also build many similar product installers (many which contain different sets of nested meta-packages and packages) from a base set of plist files, substituting product specific names, info, etc... for placeholder strings in the plist files after building given packages. We have yet to migrate this process to use .pmproj files as the primary input. One additional feature requests while we're at it: I would like to have the -p <package path> be optional for -proj builds and have the ability to define the default output package path in the .pmproj itself. Thanks, A. London -----Original Message----- From: Sean Kelly [mailto:sean.kelly@apple.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 9:29 PM To: Aaron London Cc: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue Hello, There is no way to control the order via the CLI. I'll add an enhancement request. You can, however, configure your metapackage as a .pmproj document using the GUI and then build it using the -proj flag. Sean Kelly On May 1, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Aaron London wrote: > Hi, > > > > Has anyone started using one of the metapackage include options (- > mi|-ms|-mc) yet? Is there any way other than the default > alphanumeric package name sorting to control the order of included > packages in the generated metapackage? > > > > Thanks, > > A. London > > _______________________________________________ > 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/sean.kelly% > 40apple.com > > This email sent to sean.kelly(a)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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue
by Sean Kelly 04 May '06

04 May '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, Sean Kelly On May 1, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Aaron London wrote: Hi, Thanks, A. London _______________________________________________ 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 way to control the order via the CLI. I'll add an enhancement request. You can, however, configure your metapackage as a .pmproj document using the GUI and then build it using the -proj flag. Has anyone started using one of the metapackage include options (- mi|-ms|-mc) yet? Is there any way other than the default alphanumeric package name sorting to control the order of included packages in the generated metapackage? _______________________________________________ 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/sean.kelly% 40apple.com This email sent to sean.kelly(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Installation destination path from a script
by Mark Krenek 03 May '06

03 May '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com My simple question is: is there a way from a postflight script to know where the installer has located the existing software it will update? My package uses a LaunchServicesLookup rule to locate our existing game application. That works great. But I'd like to know this location from within a script. I've not found any script variable that gives me this info. $2 is supposedly the path to the installation destination, but that always returns "/". None of the other variables (such as INSTALLER_TEMP, PACKAGE_PATH, RECEIPT_PATH, and TMPDIR) get me close either. What I'm trying to do: I need to delete and/or move files associated with the game I am updating. Our installation consists of an enclosing folder that contains the game app & several data files. Some of these data files need to be deleted and/or moved. The game was originally installed via drag-install. _______________________________________________ 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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PackageMaker metapackage include command-line option issue
by Aaron London 01 May '06

01 May '06

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