December 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: Problems with the InstallationCheck script
by Peter Bierman 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -pmb Hi, Here's the command line I'm using: /Developer/usr/bin/packagemaker --root PackageRoot --out Quux.pkg --version 1.2.3 --title Quux --scripts scripts/ --id com.quux.pkg --target 10.5 --root-volume-only Thanks, John _______________________________________________ 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.… Distribution script based packages (10.4 and later) don't execute InstallationCheck scripts without a lot of manual tweaking. They are a potential security vulnerability. Your installation check logic should be written as a JavaScript function and embedded in the distribution script. There used to be some minimal documentation (the 10.4 installer release note) about this online; I'm working to have it restored soon. At 7:30 PM -0500 12/3/07, John Poole wrote: I'm trying to make a package that executes an InstallationCheck script. I can build a package just fine but when I install the package the InstallationCheck script doesn't get called. I'm working with the latest and greatest PackageMaker (3.0.1) from the command line on 10.5.1. The InstallationCheck script I'm trying to run is in the scripts directory. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Problems with the InstallationCheck script
by John Poole 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

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Re: MetaPackages in Leopard Packagemaker
by Stéphane Sudre 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On dimanche, décembre 2, 2007, at 05:24 PM, Jeremy Matthews 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.… In the 10.4 days you could not include metapackages in distributions...you could only include packages in Distributions (I think). What is the best way to create a packagemaker project in which you can include metapackages and packages....which aren't just treated as files to drop in the system? I can't seem to create anything that will allow this. For example, I create a new project with 10.5 as the oldest target - I then drag in a metapackage. By default it treats this is a file/folder and simply deposits the metapackage in the target path specified in the component pane....instead of running the metapackage as an installer. I've only been using PM 10.5 for a week or so, on and off, so I'll be happy to admit ignorance here....any ideas? When you create a project in PackageMaker 3.0.1 with 10.5 as the old target, you end up with a 10.5 format package which is either a flat archive including both the distribution script and the packages or a distribution script and some flat packages. Metapackages are not supported in 10.5 format as a metapackage could be seen as the choice item in the distribution script format. If you still want to use metapackages, you will have to stick with the 10.2/10.3 format package. This may require using an older version of PackageMaker (on a older OS version eventually). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer "diverting" files when package built/installed on 10.5
by Tobias Peciva 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

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MetaPackages in Leopard Packagemaker
by Jeremy Matthews 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, j _______________________________________________ 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.… In the 10.4 days you could not include metapackages in distributions...you could only include packages in Distributions (I think). What is the best way to create a packagemaker project in which you can include metapackages and packages....which aren't just treated as files to drop in the system? I can't seem to create anything that will allow this. For example, I create a new project with 10.5 as the oldest target - I then drag in a metapackage. By default it treats this is a file/folder and simply deposits the metapackage in the target path specified in the component pane....instead of running the metapackage as an installer. I've only been using PM 10.5 for a week or so, on and off, so I'll be happy to admit ignorance here....any ideas? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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