May 2007 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Privilege tree in metapackages.
by Fritz Anderson 29 May '07

29 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com TestMeta.mpkg # postflight Privileged.pkg /Applications/Privileged.rtf # postflight # Admin authorization Unprivileged.pkg /Users/Shared/Unprivileged.rtf #postflight # No additional authorization. If it matters, the metapackage was built with Iceberg. The three (meta)packages copy the same postflight script, which is: ================ #!/bin/sh LOGFILE=/Users/Shared/TestMeta.log echo \*\*\* Package ${1} \*\*\* >>$LOGFILE echo ' ' USER = $USER >>$LOGFILE echo ' ' HOME = $HOME >>$LOGFILE exit 0 ================ The output, after running the metapackage is: ================ *** Package /Users/fritza/TestMeta/build/TestMeta.mpkg *** USER = fritza HOME = /Users/fritza *** Package /Users/fritza/TestMeta/build/Privileged.pkg *** USER = fritza HOME = /Users/fritza *** Package /Users/fritza/TestMeta/build/Unprivileged.pkg *** USER = fritza HOME = /Users/fritza ================ Can anyone please help me dig out? — F _______________________________________________ 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 have been trying to work out the problem of installing something to the /Applications directory (and thus needing administrator privileges) and to the user directory of the person running the installation (installing to a neutral place like /tmp, and transferring the files with a script and the $HOME environment variable). No, that doesn't easily work. That's why I'm exploring my options. To educate myself, I built the following simple metapackage; my hope was that $USER or $HOME would remain the user's in an unprivileged package that is sister to a privileged one: When I run Privileged.pkg standalone, as non-admin user "other," entering my admin name and password, I see: ================ *** Package /Users/fritza/TestMeta/build/Privileged.pkg *** USER = other HOME = /Users/other ================ Privileged.rtf is duly installed in /Applications/. Per <http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html>, $USER should be root. In fact, I've seen postflight scripts in other packages, on the same machine, report USER = root. I am baffled. It seems I simply don't have the fundamental information that would allow me to make sense of all this. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to set IFPkgFlagInstallFat to true by default?
by Stéphane Sudre 29 May '07

29 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On vendredi, mai 25, 2007, at 09:01 PM, John Pattenden 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.… I need to install fat binaries because our products are developer tools for Flash. For example we have a screen saver creation tool (used in fact by Apple among others) It need to create FAT screen savers regardless of the OS it is run on, as they may be installed on Intel or PPC > machines. So it is OK for the main app to be stripped, but there are other Fat binaries in the package that need to remain fat - I even tried renaming one and it still got stripped. I'm very happy to have a solution, but I think this really is a bug in the 10.3.9 installer > app. If we can assume that the other FAT binaries are "templates" for screen savers and libraries (such as the Flash one), one solution could be to install them as zip archive and them unzip them either in a postflight script or from within the main application when it's first launched. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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extensis suitcase plugin madness
by don montalvo 26 May '07

26 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Macintosh/20070326) i'm having a difficult time packaging up two drag-installable plugins for adobe indesign cs2 and adobe illustrator cs2. the plugins can be downloaded here: http://dl.extensis.com/downloads/SC/EN/M/IllCS2_SuitcaseX1.zip http://dl.extensis.com/downloads/SC/EN/M/SC_InDesign_1104.zip the target computers are running 10.4.8. the paths are as follows: /Applications/Adobe\ InDesign\ CS2/Plug-Ins/SCAutoActivation.framework /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CS2/Plug-ins.localized/Extensions.localized/Suitcase\ Auto-Activation\ X.aip not that on the illustrator plugin, the finder INSISTS on hiding the *.localized extensions on the Plug-Ins and Extensions folders DISPITE my setting my finder to ALWAYS show file extensions. my first attempts to package these two simple plugins were spoiled by this problem...but i was able to get the correct paths. however, when i push the package to workstations, the packages unwind (they lose their extensis icons and end up as wide open packages (as if we chose to "view package contents"). has anyone else had this problem? it's driving me mad! :) i know, i know...why not cs3? well, it's too soon...once it matures we'll test and roll out. for now, i need to get these two simple drag-installable plugins out to our users. if anyone is interested, i've uploaded a zip'd archive of my project folder (total size is about 400k): http://donmontalvo.com/development/ what am i doing wrong? thanks, don -- don montalvo, nyc 917-559-5713 donmontalvo(a)mac.com http://donmontalvo.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "live is like riding a bicycle. to keep your balance you must keep moving" -albert einstein _______________________________________________ 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 smime.p7s

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Re: How to set IFPkgFlagInstallFat to true by default?
by John Pattenden 25 May '07

25 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com John On May 25, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: -pmb I poked around in the apps bundle but could not find it there... On May 24, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Mark Krenek wrote: !DSPAM:46572af812921271410827! _______________________________________________ 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 need to install fat binaries because our products are developer tools for Flash. For example we have a screen saver creation tool (used in fact by Apple among others) It need to create FAT screen savers regardless of the OS it is run on, as they may be installed on Intel or PPC machines. So it is OK for the main app to be stripped, but there are other Fat binaries in the package that need to remain fat - I even tried renaming one and it still got stripped. I'm very happy to have a solution, but I think this really is a bug in the 10.3.9 installer app. No. I can understand how that'd be convenient for you, but I'm still curious why you need to install fat binaries on 10.3? At 12:33 PM -0400 5/25/07, John Pattenden wrote: Is there a way in packageMaker to set IFPkgFlagInstallFat=true as the default, or do I need to manually edit every installer I build? In the Package's Info.plist file, you can set the flag IFPkgFlagInstallFat to true. I can't take credit for discovering this "feature". A colleague did. <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/ Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution4/Concepts/ sd_pkg_flags.html>http://developer.apple.com/documentation/ DeveloperTools/Conceptual/SoftwareDistribution4/Concepts/ sd_pkg_flags.html Also note, IFPkgFlagInstallFat is ignored on 10.4: <http://lists.apple.com/archives/installer-dev/2006/Jan/ msg00003.html>http://lists.apple.c om/archives/installer-dev/2006/ Jan/msg00003.html This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to set IFPkgFlagInstallFat to true by default?
by Peter Bierman 25 May '07

25 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -pmb I poked around in the apps bundle but could not find it there... On May 24, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Mark Krenek wrote: <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/Software…>http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/Software… _______________________________________________ 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.… No. I can understand how that'd be convenient for you, but I'm still curious why you need to install fat binaries on 10.3? At 12:33 PM -0400 5/25/07, John Pattenden wrote: Is there a way in packageMaker to set IFPkgFlagInstallFat=true as the default, or do I need to manually edit every installer I build? In the Package's Info.plist file, you can set the flag IFPkgFlagInstallFat to true. I can't take credit for discovering this "feature". A colleague did. Also note, IFPkgFlagInstallFat is ignored on 10.4: <http://lists.apple.com/archives/installer-dev/2006/Jan/msg00003.html>http://lists.apple.c om/archives/installer-dev/2006/Jan/msg00003.html This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How to set IFPkgFlagInstallFat to true by default?
by John Pattenden 25 May '07

25 May '07

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Re: Latest Version of 10.3.9 strips Intel Code?
by Mark Krenek 24 May '07

24 May '07

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Re: Latest Version of 10.3.9 strips Intel Code?
by Fritz Anderson 24 May '07

24 May '07

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Latest Version of 10.3.9 strips Intel Code?
by John Pattenden 24 May '07

24 May '07

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Questions about installer plugin
by Yun Zhi Lin 22 May '07

22 May '07

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