February 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: unknown load command ## messages using PackageMaker
by Peter Bierman 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com What build of Mac OS X are you running this on? -pmb Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C75B7C.27736889" : object: glren.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 25) : object: libeng.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 12) : object: libfftw3.3.1.1.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 8) : object: libfftw3f.3.1.1.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 8) : object: libfixedpoint.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 13) : object: libgeotiff.1.2.2.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 11) : object: libhdf5.0.0.0.dylib malformed object (unknown load command 8) . . . Creating Archive Archiving... "./v76/X11/icons/matlab64c_icon.xpm" Archiving... "./v76/bin/mac/MATLAB.app/Contents/Info.plist" Archiving... "./v76/bin/mac/MATLAB.app/Contents/Resources/html.icns" Archiving... "./v76/bin/mac/StartMATLAB.app/Contents/Info.plist" Archiving... "./v76/bin/mac/atlas_G4.dylib" . . . _______________________________________________ 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/bierman%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.… My guess is that these are coming from packagemaker attempting to un-prebind the binaries so they have reproducible checksums. If that's the case, then the messages are harmless. At 4:05 PM -0500 2/28/07, Steven Chin wrote: executing /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker -build -p /tmp/MCR2/newjob14281/MATLAB_Component_Runtime/MCRInstaller.pkg -f /sandbox/schin/MACMCR -r /tmp/MCR2/newjob14281/Resources -ds -i /tmp/MCR2/newjob14281/Info.plist -v Creating Package Shell Scanning for Symbolic Links Scanning Package Root Scanning Package Root Creating BOM file : object: MATLAB malformed object (unknown load command 18) A disk image is created which installs but I am wondering if there is something wrong. Thanks in advanceWhy am I am getting these messages - : object: myfilenames malformed object (unknown load command ## messages This email sent to bierman(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Why am I am getting these messages - : object: myfilenames malformed object (unknown load command ## messages using PackageMaker
by Steven Chin 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

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Re: script for getting OS language
by Brian Ray 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 28, 2007, at 2:42 AM, Alex Ivanov wrote: Hi! Is there a way to find out what is the language of my system using an script? I want to copy some files with the postinstall script of the packagemaker based on the system language. This should do the trick: defaults read -globalDomain AppleLanguages HTH, Brian Ray http://kazavoo.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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script for getting OS language
by Alex Ivanov 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

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=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=Ub/b2q773hOcyQ6Gv0kfZYp2gKCWVDjirS3G3q0QlIbFtJwPEzKaWLvqSdVmuEHZKbFexe81/a7D7/7ESnF5nVgmMXV7XBJf/rqj+HOfznZD2lbAl/KSY3XxVz6K/bYtlrE9mFGj7cxBMEvUV3qOX2HZ/ceEZjgawORfksJP7D4=; Hi! Is there a way to find out what is the language of my system using an script? I want to copy some files with the postinstall script of the packagemaker based on the system language. Thanks in advance! Alex ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.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: Best way to require 10.3.9 or later to install
by Matt Ziebell 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

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Re: Best way to require 10.3.9 or later to install
by Stéphane Sudre 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, février 27, 2007, at 01:17 AM, Matt Ziebell wrote: <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>LabelKey</key> <string>OS Version</string> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>MessageKey</key> <string>messagekey0</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>sysv</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>gestalt</string> <key>TestObject</key> <string>4152</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>>=</string> <key>TitleKey</key> <string>titlekey0</string> </dict> </array> Thanks! Matt _______________________________________________ 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.… Use an InstallationCheck script. Requirements are not working on every OS release. IIRC, they were introduced in 10.3. I'm having some trouble performing a system check in order to require 10.3.9 as the minimum system for install of a metapackage. I'm building on 10.4.8 using packagemaker 2.1.1. The script I found (below) requires 10.3.8, but it does not seem to be working, when tested against 10.2.8. Any ideas on how to get the system check to function correctly on 10.2.8? Is there a better way of doing this check besides modifying the info.plist of a package? script url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/installer-dev/2006/Jan/msg00048.html _______________________________________________ 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/ ssudre2%40wanadoo.fr This email sent to ssudre2(a)wanadoo.fr This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Best way to require 10.3.9 or later to install
by Matt Ziebell 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

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Re: Does Installer.app rely on some tricks to merge data & resource forks?
by Peter Bierman 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com 'ditto' is the command line interface to the BOM framework. -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 11:39 PM +0100 2/24/07, Stéphane Sudre wrote: 4. When I build the same package with a shell script using command line tools including pax, the produced package is exactly the same as seen from the outside: So it makes one wonder what's the difference between a pax archive produced by /bin/pax and one produced by the BOM Framework (if we put aside the fact that /bin/pax is not ACL compatible when the other solution is). I don't know why they're different, but try using 'ditto -c' to create your archive instead of pax. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Does Installer.app rely on some tricks to merge data & resource forks?
by Stéphane Sudre 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Test case: ---------- Destination: relocatable, default destination /Applications/Test\ Case Root folder: a folder containing the CaMarchePasCeTruc application. Permissions required: root authentication OS: 10.4.8 (PPC) _______________________________________________ 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.… 1 Carbon application "CaMarchePasCeTruc" with resource fork and data fork in the same file. 1. When I build the package with PackageMaker, the package installs correctly, the CaMarchePasCeTruc application is complete (Data & Resource Fork are merged). 2. When I replace /Developer/Tools/SplitForks with another tool, the installation works OK. 3. When I remove the /bin/pax tool, the package is built correctly. So PackageMaker is not using the pax tool to build pax archives... 4. When I build the same package with a shell script using command line tools including pax, the produced package is exactly the same as seen from the outside: - lsbom states the archives are identical (SplitForks is not used for splitting forks, otherwise due to a bug in SplitForks, the checksum would be different). - when /bin/pax is run from the Terminal to extract the ./._CaMarchePasCeTruc and ./CaMarchePasCeTruc components, they are correctly merged back in both cases. Yet, when you install the package produced by the script, the resources are not merged back. The only difference seems to lie in one using /bin/pax while PackageMaker (in 10.4) is apparently using the private BOM Framework. So it makes one wonder what's the difference between a pax archive produced by /bin/pax and one produced by the BOM Framework (if we put aside the fact that /bin/pax is not ACL compatible when the other solution is). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: metapackage description...
by Stéphane Sudre 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, février 20, 2007, at 07:48 PM, Benjamin Lam wrote: Greetings, - its description will never be displayed _______________________________________________ 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 not sure if I’m not being observant here but it seems like when I put a description for a metapackage it’s not shown anywhere in the Apple Installer install sequence? Anyone know if it’s shown anywhere or is this one of those reserved for future use features? Descriptions are only used (AFAIK) in the Customize part of an installer. That means that if you have a metapackage including multiple packages, if you double-click this metapackage: - the description of the packages will be visible when you select one of this package in the Customize pane. If you really want to display this information to the user, you will need to go for a Welcome or ReadMe document. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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