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

Meta-package checking for Intel vs PPC
by Perbix, Michael 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

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Apparent PackageMaker tool bug (was "No package identifier specified")
by Fritz Anderson 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com The workaround seems to be to set PWD before invoking PackageMaker: PWD=`pwd` \ PackageMaker -build -p build/CPBase.pkg -f ./root -b /tmp -ds \ -r resources -i Info.plist -d Description.plist — F On 28 Jun 2007, at 1:11 PM, Fritz Anderson wrote: Short question (which may lead to more): What does it mean when the PackageMaker tool emits the error message: The package could not be created because of the following errors: No package identifier specified. _______________________________________________ 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.… Suggestions, on-list and off-, that I may not have set the package identifier, were inapposite to my problem (which I'd oversimplified in the hope of getting replies on this go-round). More examination shows my problem to be a strange interaction between the PackageMaker tool and recursive calls to a GNU makefile. When doing a recursive make (make -C subdir all), GNUmake changes the working directory to subdir, but leaves the bash environment variable PWD unchanged. (Googling leads me to believe that POSIX is okay with this behavior.) Every shell command I've seen performs correctly when this happens. Except PackageMaker. It appears that PackageMaker does not rely on file-name parameters being relative to the current working directory. Instead, it makes these file names relative to PWD. So in a recursive make, "PackageMaker ... -i Info.plist" tries to pull Info.plist from PWD, the _parent_ directory. This can't be an uncommon situation — surely others are building mpkgs by having makefiles build the constituent pkgs first and the mpkg from them? Is this, as I believe, a bug in PackageMaker? I want to do a reality check before slogging through a Radar report. I sent this question about a week ago, but perhaps the abundant detail I included scared people off. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker tool: "No package identifier specified"
by Christopher Ryan 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Chris Short question (which may lead to more): What does it mean when the PackageMaker tool emits the error message: The package could not be created because of the following errors: No package identifier specified. — 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/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.… Every package requires a Package Identifier. Since the package identifier is used for upgrade logic, having NO package identifier can create undefined "upgrade." In Short, provide some string that identifies the package (ie com.apple.iTunes). I sent this question about a week ago, but perhaps the abundant detail I included scared people off. This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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PackageMaker tool: "No package identifier specified"
by Fritz Anderson 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Short question (which may lead to more): What does it mean when the PackageMaker tool emits the error message: The package could not be created because of the following errors: No package identifier specified. — 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 sent this question about a week ago, but perhaps the abundant detail I included scared people off. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: package maker - distribution project - required package
by Stéphane Sudre 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com 1. Open PackageMaker.app 2. Select Distribution Project (Tiger and above) 3. Click OK 5. Select the Sample Choice folder 6. Change its title to the name you want to appear in the Customize pane 7. Double-click the "start_enabled" value code value in the Scripts list 8. Set the new value to false 9. Change the other settings to match the following configuration: start_selected true start_enabled false start_visible true selected true enabled false visible true 10. Click on the (+) button at the bottom of the window 12. Change the name of New Choice 1 to what you wish 13. Set the Scripts value for this folder to: start_selected true start_enabled true start_visible true selected "leave untouched" enabled "leave untouched" visible "leave untouched" 14. repeat the process for the other optional package 15. Build On mercredi, juin 27, 2007, at 05:58 AM, Erez Kaplan wrote: Hi, When you select <new project> in package maker the last option is <Distribution Project - Tiger and above> 10.4.9 Package maker 2.1.1 10.4.x Erez Hi, 10.4.9 package maker - distribution project - required package / choice How do I install my required packages? I have one pkg which is required and 4 optional / choices. 2 questions: 2) What is your minimum OS requirement for deployment? _______________________________________________ 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.… 4. Drag and drop your required package into the Sample Choice folder (in the Distribution Details list) 11. Drag and drop your first optional package into the New Choice 1 folder The customization pane should work as you described (at least it is on my Mac). You may then customize the UI or group the optional package into one choice or make the required package invisble, etc. 1) By "distribution", do you mean you want to use a distribution script? 2) What is your minimum OS requirement for deployment? I am unable to find how to set the required pkg. 1) By "distribution", do you mean you want to use a distribution script? _______________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail.Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Receipts in Leopard
by Stéphane Sudre 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, juin 27, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Pradeep Kumar Udupi wrote: Hi I have the following questions related Leopard. You can find answers to your question with the following procedure: 1. Open Safari.app 2. Type the following URL: http://developer.apple.com/products/online.html 3. Click Add to cart in the ADC Select Membershift pane 4. Proceed to sync your bank account with the Apple Store 5. Download Leopard 6. Install Leopard Not sure it can help but there's no really other way (officially). _______________________________________________ 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. If I use the installer command line tool to install some pkgs then will the receipts be created in the /Library/Receipts folder? 2. If it is not created, but instead added to a database, then is there a way that my application can access this database to get information about the receipts? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How can I perform dynamic disk space check?
by Yun Zhi Lin 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

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Receipts in Leopard
by Pradeep Kumar Udupi 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Ace4pQljR86q9CSYEdydvAAWy4kb9A== Thread-topic: Receipts in Leopard User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.3.061214 Hi I have the following questions related Leopard. 1. If I use the installer command line tool to install some pkgs then will the receipts be created in the /Library/Receipts folder? 2. If it is not created, but instead added to a database, then is there a way that my application can access this database to get information about the receipts? Thanks Pradeep ----------------------------------------------- Robosoft Technologies - Come home to Technology Disclaimer: This email may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. Emails to and from our network may be logged and monitored. This email and its attachments are scanned for virus by our scanners and are believed to be safe. However, no warranty is given that this email is free of malicious content or virus. _______________________________________________ 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: Re: package maker - distribution project - required package
by Erez Kaplan 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, When you select <new project> in package maker the last option is <Distribution Project - Tiger and above> 10.4.9 Package maker 2.1.1 10.4.x Erez Hi, 10.4.9 package maker - distribution project - required package / choice How do I install my required packages? I have one pkg which is required and 4 optional / choices. 2 questions: 2) What is your minimum OS requirement for deployment? _______________________________________________ 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) By "distribution", do you mean you want to use a distribution script? 2) What is your minimum OS requirement for deployment? I am unable to find how to set the required pkg. 1) By "distribution", do you mean you want to use a distribution script? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: command line building distribution project
by Justin Carr 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Mta-interface: amavisd-new-2.3.3 (20050822) at Xserve.local On 27/06/2007, at 4:07 AM, David Alter wrote: Here is the command line I'm using Here is the error Crash info I'm getting <snip> Hi David regards Justin Carr _______________________________________________ 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 a distribution project that I want to build at the command line to further automate our build process. When I try and build it projectmaker crashes. I have tried a few distribution projects to see if it is the project file that is the issue. I consistently get the same crash. If I build the the distribution project with the GUI version of project maker it works fine. /Developer/Tools/packagemaker -build -proj /Users/david/Dev/test/ MyGreatApp.pmproj -p /Users/david/Dev/test/Users/david/Dev/test/ MyGreatAppInstaller.pkg -v *** Uncaught exception: <NSInvalidArgumentException> *** - [NSPlaceholderMutableString initWithString:]: nil argument Crash log ... I had the same problem. Specifying the full path to the PackageMaker binary (rather than using the alias) fixed it for me, i.e. /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/ PackageMaker -build -proj /Users/david/Dev/test/MyGreatApp.pmproj -p / Users/david/Dev/test/Users/david/Dev/test/MyGreatAppInstaller.pkg -v This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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