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command line building distribution project
by David Alter 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

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Re: command-line build Distribution Package
by Kevin Packard 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Yes indeed, I used plutil. On Jun 15, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Sam Fischmann wrote: Hi Mark, I use the handy "plutil -convert xml1" ---------------------- Sam Fischmann Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:08:04 -0500 From: "Mark Krenek" <mark(a)aspyr.com> Subject: Re: command-line build Distribution Package To: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Message-ID: <724244A5BB065C4CB3B13737FD1C5783E6EAF3(a)aspyr-exch01.ad.aspyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" -----Original Message----- A followup: _______________________________________________ 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.… Apologies for not responding earlier - this thread got buried in my inbox. --------------------------------------------------------------------- - The problem is with PackageMaker's interpretation of project- relative paths when referencing pkg files for distribution. When I switch to absolute path references inside of the Distribution Package pmproj file, the command-line produces the correct mpkg file. I can work around this problem in my automation script by dynamically setting absolute paths in the pmproj file, then invoking PackageMaker. How did you modify the paths in the pmproj file? The pmproj file is binary. _______________________________________________ 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/kevinpackard% 40mac.com This email sent to kevinpackard(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: package maker - distribution project - required package / choise
by Stéphane Sudre 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On lundi, juin 25, 2007, at 07:16 AM, Erez Kaplan wrote: 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: 1) By "distribution", do you mean you want to use a distribution script? 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.… I am unable to find how to set the required pkg. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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package maker - distribution project - required package / choise
by Erez Kaplan 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

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Re: Cross platform installer
by Stéphane Sudre 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com It's used for the Aperture 1.5 DVD Installer. <key>IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation</key> <string>../../Sample Projects/</string> ... <key>IFPkgFlagDefaultLocation</key> <string>/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Sample Projects/</string> So it's supposed to work. On mercredi, juin 20, 2007, at 10:40 PM, cohen.rick(a)gmail.com 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.… If this flag works, this would be extremely useful. Can anybody from Apple (or elsewhere...) say whether this flag is implemented, what OS versions it would work correctly in, and if there is any further enlightenment in the correct usage? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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"No package identifier specified" and make -C
by Fritz Anderson 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I run the pkg makefiles. They work as expected. Stripped-down makefiles, and sample shell sessions, follow this message. — F ==== MyMpkg/Makefile ======= # The mpkg makefile, truncated to just build one pkg .PHONY: package APkg package: APkg APkg: $(MAKE) -C $@ package ==== MyMpkg/APkg/Makefile ======= # $(rsrcFiles) is the contents of the resource directory # $(PACKAGE-ROOT) is the root of the file hierarchy to be archived # $(contentFiles) is every file in the package-root directory .PHONY: package package: build/APkg.pkg build/APkg.pkg: $(rsrcFiles) $(contentFiles) + pwd + head Info.plist PackageMaker -build -p $@ -f $(PACKAGE-ROOT) \ -b /tmp -ds -r ./resources -i ./Info.plist -d ./Description.plist ==== Running the makefiles: Direct make of pkg succeeds ======= # Make the pkg, starting from its umbrella directory. # This works. APkg: $ sudo make package pwd /Users/fritza/MyMpkg/APkg head Info.plist <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ... <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>edu.uchicago.pkg.APkg</string> PackageMaker -build -p build/APkg.pkg -f ./root \ -b /tmp -ds -r ./resources -i ./Info.plist -d ./Description.plist APkg: $ rm build/APkg.pkg APkg: $ cd .. ==== Running the makefiles: Recursive make of pkg fails ======= # Make the mpkg, starting from its umbrella directory. # This leads to running the APkg makefile in its umbrella directory. # This doesn't work. MyMpkg: $ sudo make package make -C APkg /Users/fritza/MyMpkg/APkg head Info.plist <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ... <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>edu.uchicago.pkg.APkg</string> PackageMaker -build -p build/APkg.pkg -f ./root \ -b /tmp -ds -r ./resources -i ./Info.plist -d ./Description.plist The package could not be created because of the following errors: No package identifier specified. make[1]: *** [build/APkg.pkg] Error 1 make: *** [APkg] Error 2 MyMpkg: $ _______________________________________________ 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 am building an mpkg. I have a makefile that (I hope) will build all the component packages and incorporate them in the mpkg build. Each pkg has its own directory, and its own makefile to build it. I run the mpkg makefile. It runs the pkg makefiles recursively (make - C subdirectory). It fails because the first make of a sub-pkg fails. PackageMaker prints "No package identifier specified," and exits. I have added to my pkg Makefile the commands 'pwd' and 'head ./ Info.plist'. They show the expected working directory, and the expected CFBundleIdentifier, in both the direct and recursive builds. An archived question on this topic pinned the problem down to omitting the -i parameter to PackageMaker. I have not omitted the -i parameter. My Info.plist was generated by Iceberg, and is unchanged. (And it works when the makefile is executed directly.) How can I correct this so that recursive makes of subpackages can proceed? # '+' commands are executed even when make's -n switch is set. # Omitting the '+'es has no effect on this problem. # Specifying -r -i and -d without the ./ prefix has no effect on the problem. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Cross platform installer
by Gary Pederson 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '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=Ib1hOIBngi/M0SIZLxRBUvwN1p4kjwzVsM4sqzgtwvZBh2nZRyzc7pL35kNovy8VQO5o+Rai2f4QGLoAKzZes7MRsiqKcgkoMKvNw1V8MOXtL0x0+B/Y1Ccokn7hwFrUPS4wh5yRXKFUGvXmmlzwZ/a/dZOBdRqOx/4zMJ5mQFc= 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=a2aqYsn3hwfD54XSKYUCcx2NSufV4fCa0e9TPlOm1eimSxfhEPHCENkAanLMEMYf7vEoi6PKnKv3MrfwHBg4funNckmGNbVuAbGKv9arovi7OnO42x0tup23PqzFK7YRCdZtQ5GPVQF8FEtVaucZl2xfenhaRHSw/c8E5iEwDEM= DiskFolder +---DataFolder | +---FolderToInstall | +---file1.data | +---file2.data +---MyInstaller.pkg +---Contents +---Archive.bom | . | ./FolderToInstall | ./FolderToInstall/file1.data | ./FolderToInstall/file2.data +---Info.plist | <key>IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation</key> | <string>../DataFolder</string> | <key>IFPkgFlagDefaultLocation</key> | <string>/Full/Path/To/ParentOfFolderToInstall</string> +---PkgInfo +---Resources Good Luck - Gary On Jun 20, 2007, at 3:40 PM, cohen.rick(a)gmail.com wrote: Thanks! - Rick My deployment target is 10.3.9 or later. This email sent to harmless.hambone(a)gmail.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.… I'm not from Apple, but I've used this flag on 10.3 and 10.4. Here's what works for me: NOTES: This only seems to work with folders (containing files) but not with loose files themselves. IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation & IFPkgFlagDefaultLocation are the parent folders of the folder you are installing. I've had some problems with 10.3.x and permissions of files installed from CD, so I fix them in a postflight. Remember to delete MyInstaller.pkg/Contents/Archive.pax (or Archive.pax.gz). You'll rarely build an installer only once and it's easy to make mistakes when doing this manually, so automate the build process. If this flag works, this would be extremely useful. Can anybody from Apple (or elsewhere...) say whether this flag is implemented, what OS versions it would work correctly in, and if there is any further enlightenment in the correct usage? Stéphane Sudre wrote: On mercredi, juin 20, 2007, at 06:55 PM, Steve Israelson wrote: I am trying to determine if PackageMaker can create a package that can install my application and also its data files where the data files are not in the package but are on the install disk in an external directory. I want to do this so that the Windows installer can also access these data files. The install is very simple, just the App, data files, and one defaults tweak to point at the data files. I saw a couple of threads on this subject and there was no good solution other that to write your own shell script to copy the files. Has there been any other solutions found to this issue? Maybe a solution could be to: Use a Metapackage containing 2 packages: Package A: it contains your application. Standard package, no magic involved. Package B: it contains no .pax. It used the undocumented "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation" flag. As I've never used the "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation", I can't confirm that it will work. If not, then I may resort to writing my own installer since I will be in full control of the install process then. Are there any gotchas with making your own installer? By gotchas, do you mean something like: - bugs - security flaws - files being deleted - not being able to blame someone else for the first 3 items on this list. ? _______________________________________________ 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/rcohen.lists% 40gmail.com This email sent to rcohen.lists(a)gmail.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/harmless.hambone% 40gmail.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Cross platform installer
by cohen.rick＠gmail.com 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

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Re: Cross platform installer
by Steve Israelson 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks for the input. Maybe a solution could be to: Use a Metapackage containing 2 packages: By gotchas, do you mean something like: On 20-Jun-07, at 12:38 PM, Mike wrote: Mike Making your own installer is a waste of time. A custom shell script is your best bet. Mike _______________________________________________ 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.… Well, a simple installer to merely copy some files is only a day of work, but yes, there are many potential complications. I see that "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation" is not documented but has some people commenting on how it works, and Apple seems to use it. So, the next course of action is to attempt to make an installer using PackageMaker and create a script to copy the extra files and also a plug-in to ask for a location for the extra files. And then just see how this works out. If it does not, then roll my own. Package A: it contains your application. Standard package, no magic involved. Package B: it contains no .pax. It used the undocumented "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation" flag. As I've never used the "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation", I can't confirm that it will work. If not, then I may resort to writing my own installer since I will be in full control of the install process then. Are there any gotchas with making your own installer? - bugs - security flaws - files being deleted - not being able to blame someone else for the first 3 items on this list. If you think you can write an installer in a day you are dreaming. It's going to take several weeks. You also want to use Apple's installer so that your users have a consistent install experience. Installer will set a message saying it is running the post install script. To allow the user to determine where to copy files you will need to write a custom installer plugin using Cocoa. I suggest you read Software Delivery Guide on the ADC website to get familiar with all the issues before you attempt this undertaking. Steve Israelson wrote: Well, if I could write an installer in a day, or spend a day fiddling with Apple's installer.... These data files are big, and it seems the post install script doesn't have a progress bar or any other indication it is being run. Also, how do I let the user choose where to install these data files? On 20-Jun-07, at 12:16 PM, Mike wrote: What is wrong with writing a postinstall script to copy the files to their destinations? That is what shell scripting is for. Alternately you could write an AppleScript to do it or write your own custom installer plugin in Cocoa to copy the files but that is a bit overkill. Steve Israelson wrote: I am trying to determine if PackageMaker can create a package that can install my application and also its data files where the data files are not in the package but are on the install disk in an external directory. I want to do this so that the Windows installer can also access these data files. The install is very simple, just the App, data files, and one defaults tweak to point at the data files. I saw a couple of threads on this subject and there was no good solution other that to write your own shell script to copy the files. My deployment target is 10.3.9 or later. Has there been any other solutions found to this issue? If not, then I may resort to writing my own installer since I will be in full control of the install process then. Are there any gotchas with making your own installer? _______________________________________________ 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/lists% 40michael-amorose.com This email sent to lists(a)michael-amorose.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Cross platform installer
by Stéphane Sudre 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, juin 20, 2007, at 06:55 PM, Steve Israelson wrote: My deployment target is 10.3.9 or later. Maybe a solution could be to: Use a Metapackage containing 2 packages: By gotchas, do you mean something like: ? _______________________________________________ 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 am trying to determine if PackageMaker can create a package that can install my application and also its data files where the data files are not in the package but are on the install disk in an external directory. I want to do this so that the Windows installer can also access these data files. The install is very simple, just the App, data files, and one defaults tweak to point at the data files. I saw a couple of threads on this subject and there was no good solution other that to write your own shell script to copy the files. Has there been any other solutions found to this issue? Package A: it contains your application. Standard package, no magic involved. Package B: it contains no .pax. It used the undocumented "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation" flag. As I've never used the "IFPkgFlagAltSourceLocation", I can't confirm that it will work. If not, then I may resort to writing my own installer since I will be in full control of the install process then. Are there any gotchas with making your own installer? - bugs - security flaws - files being deleted - not being able to blame someone else for the first 3 items on this list. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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