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

Re: SLA on UDIF shows no menu
by Douglas Norton 08 May '07

08 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Douglas On May 8, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Wayne Linder wrote: Wayne From: Douglas Norton <devlists(a)2point5fish.com> Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 08:43:55 -0700 To: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Subject: SLA on UDIF shows no menu Using Mac OS X 10.4.9 I have been trying to add multiple SLA's to a dmg, using the SLA for UDIF SDK (1.0) However, when mount the dmg, I only get one SLA shown, and although it is always the same SLA, it does not seem to be any specific one in the list. i.e. It is not the first, last or the default SLA. I remember seeing somewhere that SLA's on dmg's was deprecated, yet the SDK is still available on Apple site. Is this functionality now broken? Does anyone else see the same behavior? Can anyone point me to a dmg with multiple SLA's so I can compare and see where I have goofed. Thanks. _______________________________________________ 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 do not have an installer, the install is drag and drop from the mounted DMG as per Apple's recommendations, Using the SLA on UDIF method should allow for multiple languages, however the language menu is not present, and only one SLA appears, as I said below. The alternative is to use an installer, yet the drag and drop install is so much more user friendly. If you want multiple SLAs, I would attach one to your .dmg and one to your installer app. Douglas _______________________________________________ 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/linder% 40iomega.com This email sent to linder(a)iomega.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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SLA on UDIF shows no menu
by Douglas Norton 08 May '07

08 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Using Mac OS X 10.4.9 i.e. It is not the first, last or the default SLA. Is this functionality now broken? Thanks. Douglas _______________________________________________ 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 add multiple SLA's to a dmg, using the SLA for UDIF SDK (1.0) However, when mount the dmg, I only get one SLA shown, and although it is always the same SLA, it does not seem to be any specific one in the list. I remember seeing somewhere that SLA's on dmg's was deprecated, yet the SDK is still available on Apple site. Does anyone else see the same behavior? Can anyone point me to a dmg with multiple SLA's so I can compare and see where I have goofed. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Vise X and Archives
by Gary Pederson 08 May '07

08 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=F50osZ14mMXIG/8238RbXWKDzOuIAUi6YZ0+G85ZFGgJWA45s3aoDaW+s5BTlkteWt7N2Wc6PiC8ttl97+y248pOP+galycJYab1BFunfa5mPoUSU8XKydllOiU5wHDpVTGVSAOdVLv0anxPt9NN9OR0gNQxHRwJo4g5WFi2/+M= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=fYRPx6ugKEkdvKPQF1h2Kt71wo4RcfD406sBMdLUpqRUFRU8FTTwEJ1M2h3wK9prCfJofvKQxNee3ZDVW5zJW36livU1/Wj0XvAyHu35By9wlxNS5chZtk+tfRhKqiZBSVsHspUtORmdd6Jw8Sy7DEdkQHovBecZgtj0iQ0e3gE= On May 7, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Patrick M wrote: Thanks in advance for any help. _______________________________________________ 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 think "Remove Compressed Data" from the File menu in Vise (and then Save) reduces the size of the vct file before check-in, but the makers of Vise would be a better source for that information -- http://www.mindvision.com/support.asp. You should consider switching to Apple Installer packages to avoid the problem in the first place, not to mention other benefits. If you don't know where to begin, starting with Iceberg (http:// s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Iceberg.html) is a good way to learn Apple Installer packages. I have an installer created using Vise X (2.0) (for Mac OS X) as an "Application bundle". The problem is that the "archive" literally archives every file that goes into the installer. We track the "*.cvt" file with source control software, and each time we change just a setting in the installer, we need to check in a multi megabyte file because the project file (*.cvt) contains the data as well!!! Is there any way to disable this? I don't want the *.cvt files to have the data embedded into it. Each check-in requires storing a new huge file because of an option change. I have played around with the options, and the CD-installer seems the closest I could get, it does not store the data in the cvt file, but I would also like the installer to be self contained, a single bundle that does it all, rather than the installer, and data in parallel to it. For distribution, it is easier to distribute one bundle than a bundle and a data file tree. I realize that on CD, this is not a problem, hence why it is close to a solution but not quite. I can't imagine why anyone would want a project file to include data as well. That is akin to my XCode project file having all the source embedded into it. Am I the only one that thinks this is completely useless? Is version 3.2 better in this regard? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Vise X and Archives
by Patrick M 07 May '07

07 May '07

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Re: postflight script failed [SOLVED]
by Peter Bierman 04 May '07

04 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -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 2:48 PM -0500 5/4/07, Fritz Anderson wrote: Changing the cookie from #!\<tab>/usr/bin/ruby to #!<space>/usr/bin/ruby solved the problem. I find the Installer environment's choking on the tab, when bash did not, to be odd, but I chalk that up to the many mysteries of sh-vs-bash. The #! at the beginning of a shell script is a signal to the kernel to exec the path after the #!. You should not put any whitespace between the #! and the path. Many interactive shells will attempt to parse a 'shell script' themselves before passing the file to the kernel to execute directly. That's probably the source of the differences you see. The installer does not treat any executable differently than any other. It just tries to run the file, and the kernel does the rest. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: need help on my first install script
by Peter Bierman 04 May '07

04 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ugh. Could you file a bug about that? The priority level you specify interacts with the popup menu in the log window. -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 2:02 PM -0500 5/4/07, Paul Miller wrote: Peter Bierman wrote: For one, double quotes around your path, in case there's a space in it. Ah, good point. FWIW, I was basing my code on examples I found in the Apple documentation. Another tip: you can log into the installer log using the command line tool 'logger -p install.debug' I tried this, but it didn't print anything. Is it sending the output somewhere else (other than the terminal)? Yes, 'logger' connects to syslog, which funnels the output acording to /etc/syslog.conf 'logger -p install.debug' sends a message to the 'install' facility, at the 'debug' level. This will go to the install log in /var/log/install.log, and will also be displayed in the Installer Log window in Installer.app. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: postflight script failed [SOLVED]
by Fritz Anderson 04 May '07

04 May '07

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ruby postflight script CONFIRMED
by Bill Coderre 04 May '07

04 May '07

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Re: need help on my first install script
by Paul Miller 04 May '07

04 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) This particular package is a sub-package of a metapackage. The program ("foo") is in the sub-package's Resources folder. My preupgrade script (also in Resources) basically just does this: [preflight] #!/bin/sh $1/Contents/Resources/foo Thanks for the tips! -- Paul Miller | paul(a)fxtech.com | www.fxtech.com | Got Tivo? _______________________________________________ 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.… Peter Bierman wrote: At 10:17 AM -0500 5/4/07, Paul Miller wrote: I have a command-line program that needs admin privileges in my installer package's Resources folder. I want to run this program before an upgrade. But when I run my installer, it exits with an error but doesn't tell me what went wrong. What am I missing? For one, double quotes around your path, in case there's a space in it. Ah, good point. FWIW, I was basing my code on examples I found in the Apple documentation. Another tip: you can log into the installer log using the command line tool 'logger -p install.debug' I tried this, but it didn't print anything. Is it sending the output somewhere else (other than the terminal)? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: need help on my first install script
by Stéphane Sudre 04 May '07

04 May '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On vendredi, mai 4, 2007, at 05:36 PM, Paul Miller 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.… Paul Miller wrote: I have a command-line program that needs admin privileges in my installer package's Resources folder. I want to run this program before an upgrade. This particular package is a sub-package of a metapackage. The program ("foo") is in the sub-package's Resources folder. My preupgrade script (also in Resources) basically just does this: [preflight] #!/bin/sh $1/Contents/Resources/foo But when I run my installer, it exits with an error but doesn't tell me what went wrong. What am I missing? It seems I might have simply missed an "exit 0" at the end of the script. Can I assume foo is running with admin privileges since the package is tagged with "Require Admin"? If things have not changed, the script is run by root. InstallationCheck and VolumeCheck are run using the current user account. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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