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Re: [slightly OT] uniquely identifying a computer
by Scott Russell 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

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Adding item to Dock
by Andy Rosado 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcepJJXF1D8QuBUXEdyCawAWy4XMvg== Thread-topic: Adding item to Dock User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.3.061214 I've found and tried to follow other posts about adding items to the dock during install, The problem I am having is that the script I wrote does not work as a postflight but it does work when I run it directly from Terminal. I can tell that the package is running the script because I can see the dock refresh. The script is simply: #!/bin/sh defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString </key><string>/Applications/test.txt</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><int eger>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>' killall -HUP Dock exit 0 Thanks, Andy _______________________________________________ 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: [slightly OT] uniquely identifying a computer
by Alexander von Below 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com AFAIK, that is still the way to go. Read the caveats on the MAC address, ,too Alex Am 07.06.2007 um 10:44 schrieb Chad Wagner: Hi, TIA, Chad _______________________________________________ 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/below%40mac.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.… Especially the "Caveats for using the serial number" are very true ("It is possible for a system to lose its serial number"), and the statement "The Ethernet MAC ... is the closest fit to these requirements available on Macintosh computers" is still accurate. Apologies if this is a little off topic for this list, but hopefully someone can help me. During my installation, I want to get a SN from the user and some other unique identifying characteristics of the machine. I need some advice on which characteristics would be good to use and how to obtain them -- every search I do seems to turn up a decade-old tech note (TN 1103) but I'm having trouble finding anything current. Does anyone know if there is an updated version of this document, or if there's somewhere else I should be looking? This email sent to below(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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[slightly OT] uniquely identifying a computer
by Chad Wagner 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, TIA, Chad _______________________________________________ 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 if this is a little off topic for this list, but hopefully someone can help me. During my installation, I want to get a SN from the user and some other unique identifying characteristics of the machine. I need some advice on which characteristics would be good to use and how to obtain them -- every search I do seems to turn up a decade-old tech note (TN 1103) but I'm having trouble finding anything current. Does anyone know if there is an updated version of this document, or if there's somewhere else I should be looking? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Metapackage questions
by James Nierodzik 07 Jun '07

07 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Jay _______________________________________________ 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.… Using Iceberg to build the packages, but can use the command line or the packagemaker GUI if needed. Is there a way to have the installer show the custom install options rather than defaulting to easy install? I have 5 components in my metapackage one of which is selected as required.. I need the user to select one of the other 4 so would like custom to show rather than easy. Additionally while there is a way to make regular packages require admin access I see no way to make a metapackage require admin access.. is this possible? (for one of the scripts that the package runs). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Localized package file name?
by Bill Coderre 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jun 6, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On mercredi, juin 6, 2007, at 11:02 PM, Bill Coderre 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.… ... HOWEVER, there is a chance that some people might be surprised or worried, since this "smells" like a typical internet "trojan" attack vector. (I think there was some uproar about this in the past.) IIRC, Apple used this for some ReadMe file on an install CD. I haven't read somewhere about people being surprised (and this would be the same persons that are offended with the DRM-Free songs). Ah yes, many Apple "Read Me" type files are actually .apps that launch to show the correct language version of the file based on the user's language preferences. Also you should test with "forthcoming releases" to see exactly what happens. (I don't think I'm allowed to discuss "the cat whose name starts with L" on this list.) Linux? More of a Great Cat than a Flightless Bird, actually. (And yes, Apple had a sequence of internal code names based on flightless birds, but I can't recall what they were used for. I definitely recall emu, kiwi, penguin, and rhea, but I don't think we did cassowary or ostrich. And yes, we had auk, even though modern auks can fly, and only the extinct Great Auk could not. Auk was just too good to pass up.) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Can I dynamically create the list of items available to install based on environment capabilities and conditions?
by Stéphane Sudre 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I can only provide the local URL: On mardi, juin 5, 2007, at 05:47 PM, Jonathon Hardy wrote: Hi, Thanks for the suggestion Stéphane. This is exactly what I want to do - but, I don't know how to access the customization pane. I don't see any info on that in the docs on Apple's web site. Any suggestions on how to get access to the PackageSelection InstallerSection or the customPane InstallerPane or the CustomInstallerPage InstallerPane (I think that's what they're called ;-) ? Thanks, Jon --- Stéphane Sudre <ssudre2(a)wanadoo.fr> wrote: On mardi, juin 5, 2007, at 12:39 AM, Jonathon Hardy wrote: Hi, Thanks for the fast response. all encrypted and won't be installed unless the licensing exists on the target system. You can ARD to also install the licensing - if not it will skip the libraries. All of our other products can Premier. We sell those individually at different prices - but the actual product install packages the Final Cut Pro tools and not the Adobe Premier tools. If a user puts in a serial number for the Final Cut Pro tools and 3D libraries, we want to those in the list. There are several different combinations that can be purchased - and we're to only show what the customer bought instead of showing every package that's on the CD. Are you using a distribution script? I'm a newbie when it comes to distribution script but from what I can see in the doc.. (hmm the release notes), it supports property list reading. So maybe the idea could be to write the user's answer to a property list in a location readable by everyone (/tmp ?) and then, in the customization pane (which you probably want to be displayed by default), add some tests based on the values in this property list. My $0.02 _______________________________________________ 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.… /Developer/ADC%20Reference%20Library/releasenotes/DeveloperTools/ Installer.html According to the release notes, you can force the customization pane to be always visible and you can make a choice in the list invisible (or disabled). I think that's OK for our 3D libraries because they're set-up be installed with ARD and I've tested that and it works - they either don't run without the licensing or they run in evaluation mode if the licensing isn't there. The part that I can't figure out is how to update the install display. For example, let's say that a user bought a tool that works with Final Cut Pro or Adobe are both on the CD. If a customer puts in a serial number for the Final Cut Pro version - we only want to show show trying _______________________________________________________________________ _____________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting _______________________________________________ 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: Localized package file name?
by Stéphane Sudre 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, juin 6, 2007, at 11:02 PM, Bill Coderre wrote: Linux? _______________________________________________ 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.… ... HOWEVER, there is a chance that some people might be surprised or worried, since this "smells" like a typical internet "trojan" attack vector. (I think there was some uproar about this in the past.) IIRC, Apple used this for some ReadMe file on an install CD. I haven't read somewhere about people being surprised (and this would be the same persons that are offended with the DRM-Free songs). Also you should test with "forthcoming releases" to see exactly what happens. (I don't think I'm allowed to discuss "the cat whose name starts with L" on this list.) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Localized package file name?
by Bill Coderre 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

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Localized package file name?
by Mark Krenek 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

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