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file permissions
by ROWLANDD＠sbcglobal.net 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=sbc01; d=sbcglobal.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=to:message-id:date:from:subject; b=TlMaL2RW9uqHhfJZcUEJUfy+IDXUJNfGa5UVFSPAoGWO3/eqB7yV2/6B3HrsKv8Aj aTjzvrj95hBti+WADtT6A== PackageMaker lets me set file permissions. I need to set the permissions for an application to root/wheel 4755, that 4 is the setuid bit. However, the dialog won't accept that, it says "not a valid file permission". It is a valid permission. This ought to be a bug. Is there a work-around? thanks, David _______________________________________________ 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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Using different compression
by Peter Mulholland 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) Hi, Pete. _______________________________________________ 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.… Is it possible to make the Apple Installer use a different compression system than pax? The reason for this is that we have a game in progress which packs onto one CD - but only if 7zip compression is used. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Why we do not have command line option ?
by Ruslan Zasukhin 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acak3DJIcLCzhBDPEdu6SwANkzDgag== Thread-topic: Why we do not have command line option ? User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.0.050811 On 7/11/06 2:18 PM, "Ruairí O' Mahony" <ruairi(a)euro.apple.com> wrote: > because if you want to automate you package creation, such as > checking out for a svn and building it , then creating a package > > /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/ > PackageMaker -help > > As packagemaker contains lots of options it can't really be as simple > as you stated. Wow. I believe I read HELP of PM and did see this way. Thank you a lots, Ruairí ! -- 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. 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: Why we do not have command line option ?
by Ruairí O' Mahony 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

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Why we do not have command line option ?
by Ruslan Zasukhin 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acak2up1KQQKYRDOEdu6SwANkzDgag== Thread-topic: Why we do not have command line option ? User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.0.050811 Hi All, As far as I see now way to run PackageMaker from command line Is it so hard to do for us something as: > packagmaker packagepath ? So we can use it script files ? -- 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. 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: Meta-packages
by Rick Sustek 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

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Re: Meta-packages
by Rick Sustek 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Could you elaborate on "bombs out"? Look at the system log for output from the installer. Moon phases? Good luck! -Rick _______________________________________________ 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.… Try adding the "-verbose" flag on the 'installer' command line, and perhaps it will give some useful clues. Try printing (or echoing) the value of "$1" from your script, prior to the invoke of 'installer', to ensure it is correct. I've run some tests, using CLI 'installer' and GUI 'Installer.app' with a couple of packages and metapackages, installing to the system disk, and installing to other volumes. And even added spaces to the names of other volumes. But have not had any failures at all. I've not run a test from a system that was network booted, however, so it is certainly possible that is THE factor. Also, you say you have success running the GUI 'Installer.app' after the netboot, but how about manually invoking the CLI 'installer' with the same arguments that you use from within the script? Double checked that each package within the meta is flagged to not require root volume, and is relocatable? (shouldn't be an issue, since the GUI version does the job) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Meta-packages
by Christopher Ryan 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Chris -Mike ------------------------------------------ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Telecommunications Specialist PH (610) 645-1964 Fax (610) 896-2019 Okay...here is the situation... installer -pkg <path to package>/package.pkg -target "$1" -Mike ------------------------------------------ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Telecommunications Specialist PH (610) 645-1964 Fax (610) 896-2019 _______________________________________________ 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/perbix%40lmsd.org This email sent to perbix(a)lmsd.org _______________________________________________ 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.… Could you construct a sample package that has this problem that we could use to figure out what is going on? It turns out there MUST be a problem with command line installer installing meta-packages to a seperate volume. I modified my login script to install the packages, this way the installer can install on the local system and all seems well. So..I dont know what to say....but it appears I am not the only one that has bumped up against this. Once again, the command line installer works GREAT if I am installing to -target /, but not -target /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ especially if that is not the volume the system is currently running on. -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+perbix=lmsd.org(a)lists.apple.com on behalf of Perbix, Michael Sent: Mon 7/3/2006 8:37 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Meta-packages I install software packages during our imaging process. The post action script uses the command line installer using the following syntax the $1 is a variable which defines the HD that is being imaged. I am booted from a netboot volume (NetRestore). Simple packages work well, and I can install several in a row with no issues. But as soon as I try to install a Meta-Package (or a Distribution with packages/meta-packages) the system bombs out. The meta-package works however if being installed manually using the GUI installer once booted from the HD. It seems however that the installer process WORKS on Intel netboots but not on PPC. Does anyone know if there is a known bug in installer to install meta-packages or distribution onto a remote volume using the command line installer? This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Meta-packages
by Luke Bellandi 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Michael, - Luke On Jul 5, 2006, at 7:06 PM, Perbix, Michael wrote: -Mike ------------------------------------------ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Telecommunications Specialist PH (610) 645-1964 Fax (610) 896-2019 Okay...here is the situation... installer -pkg <path to package>/package.pkg -target "$1" -Mike ------------------------------------------ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Telecommunications Specialist PH (610) 645-1964 Fax (610) 896-2019 _______________________________________________ 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/perbix%40lmsd.org This email sent to perbix(a)lmsd.org _______________________________________________ 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/luke%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.… I wonder if the space in the hard disk name is causing problems (even though it's backslashed.) Do you still have this problem if you have a target without a space in its name: i.e.: /Volumes/MacintoshHD ? It turns out there MUST be a problem with command line installer installing meta-packages to a seperate volume. I modified my login script to install the packages, this way the installer can install on the local system and all seems well. So..I dont know what to say....but it appears I am not the only one that has bumped up against this. Once again, the command line installer works GREAT if I am installing to -target /, but not -target /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ especially if that is not the volume the system is currently running on. -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+perbix=lmsd.org(a)lists.apple.com on behalf of Perbix, Michael Sent: Mon 7/3/2006 8:37 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Meta-packages I install software packages during our imaging process. The post action script uses the command line installer using the following syntax the $1 is a variable which defines the HD that is being imaged. I am booted from a netboot volume (NetRestore). Simple packages work well, and I can install several in a row with no issues. But as soon as I try to install a Meta-Package (or a Distribution with packages/meta-packages) the system bombs out. The meta-package works however if being installed manually using the GUI installer once booted from the HD. It seems however that the installer process WORKS on Intel netboots but not on PPC. Does anyone know if there is a known bug in installer to install meta-packages or distribution onto a remote volume using the command line installer? This email sent to luke(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: Meta-packages
by Perbix, Michael 06 Jul '06

06 Jul '06

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcafAgxo2hb1dnmuRq2e1pPr3iVtBABnrdzt Thread-topic: Meta-packages It turns out there MUST be a problem with command line installer installing meta-packages to a seperate volume. I modified my login script to install the packages, this way the installer can install on the local system and all seems well. So..I dont know what to say....but it appears I am not the only one that has bumped up against this. Once again, the command line installer works GREAT if I am installing to -target /, but not -target /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD/ especially if that is not the volume the system is currently running on. -Mike ------------------------------------------ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Telecommunications Specialist PH (610) 645-1964 Fax (610) 896-2019 -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+perbix=lmsd.org(a)lists.apple.com on behalf of Perbix, Michael Sent: Mon 7/3/2006 8:37 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Meta-packages Okay...here is the situation... I install software packages during our imaging process. The post action script uses the command line installer using the following syntax installer -pkg <path to package>/package.pkg -target "$1" the $1 is a variable which defines the HD that is being imaged. I am booted from a netboot volume (NetRestore). Simple packages work well, and I can install several in a row with no issues. But as soon as I try to install a Meta-Package (or a Distribution with packages/meta-packages) the system bombs out. The meta-package works however if being installed manually using the GUI installer once booted from the HD. It seems however that the installer process WORKS on Intel netboots but not on PPC. Does anyone know if there is a known bug in installer to install meta-packages or distribution onto a remote volume using the command line installer? -Mike ------------------------------------------ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Telecommunications Specialist PH (610) 645-1964 Fax (610) 896-2019 _______________________________________________ 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/perbix%40lmsd.org This email sent to perbix(a)lmsd.org _______________________________________________ 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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