August 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: Distribution script format (stupid) question
by Christopher Ryan 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Shouldn't they have been defined in the appropriate packages instead? Chris _______________________________________________ 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.… Locators for components that are part of sub packages are defined in the Distribution script. I believe they can be defined in both. The reason that they sometimes reside in the distribution (and I don't believe they have to), is that sometimes you want to make decisions (like should I even install this package) before the install starts (and potentially before a package downloads, if that is the method you retrieve the package). The intention of the distribution is to have all the information needed to present the product to the customer and allow them to make choices of what parts of the product they want to install without having to retrieve/read unnecessary packages. Of course, it has been quite a while since I have been involved with the Installer so my knowledge may be rusty. For instance, a sub package can be updated and one of its components removed. If the whole "metapackage" is not rebuilt (that happens sometimes when you just need to update a package), then the distribution script includes out-dated information. I agree that the installKB value would probably be incorrect anyway so the whole package would ideally need to be rebuilt. This email sent to ryanc(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Distribution script format (stupid) question
by Stéphane Sudre 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Shouldn't they have been defined in the appropriate packages instead? _______________________________________________ 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.… Locators for components that are part of sub packages are defined in the Distribution script. For instance, a sub package can be updated and one of its components removed. If the whole "metapackage" is not rebuilt (that happens sometimes when you just need to update a package), then the distribution script includes out-dated information. I agree that the installKB value would probably be incorrect anyway so the whole package would ideally need to be rebuilt. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Preflight script breaks my package
by Stéphane Sudre 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, août 29, 2007, at 10:10 PM, Donnici, Teresa wrote: Some notes: o The #!/bin/selectyourshell line is MIA. _______________________________________________ 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 preflight script in my Resource directory. It is named preflight and contains one simple line of code. osascript –e ‘tell application “Safari” to quit’ o There was a nice post from Bill C. on the 20th of july that could give you some ideas on some other solutions. So it could be worth checking the archive. The thread subject was "Quitting applications on InstallationCheck". This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: Preflight script breaks my package
by Donnici, Teresa 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

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Re: Packagemaker Documentation
by Stéphane Sudre 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, août 29, 2007, at 05:11 PM, Wayne Linder wrote: Version 3 does not officially exist AFAIK. _______________________________________________ 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 sure Stéphane won't "toot his own horn," but his website ( http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html) Is a great source of info - including the fact that documents need to be in .rtf, .txt, or HTML formats, and named specifically. [...] Unfortunately, this document is out-dated for the most recent version of PackageMaker as it describes only version 1.something. Version 2 which is available with Xcode 2.something has an on-line help as explained by Jack R. You can click the lower left (?) button in the main window (there's none in the stand-alone "Interface window" which is kind of ...) to access this information directly. You don't have to worry about the name of the document, PackageMaker will rename it to the appropriate name during the build. > Does anyone have any info on some real documentation on versions 2 & 3? > Something in addition to the Software Delivery Guide which is extremely > general? ie - in version 2 for the read me you cannot copy and paste into > the field - but the documentation doesn't tell you what type of file it > needs to be to be included (tried both Word and Text and neither can be > selected). I'm new to PackageMaker and need some detailed documentation to > work with! This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Preflight script breaks my package
by Scott Russell 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

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Preflight script breaks my package
by Donnici, Teresa 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

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Re: Packagemaker Documentation
by Wayne Linder 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcfqTt0IG8kNEFZCEdy25gANk8GE7A== Thread-topic: Packagemaker Documentation User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.3.061214 _______________________________________________ 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: Packagemaker Documentation
by Jack Repenning 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Aug 29, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Annette Brooks wrote: -==- Jack Repenning Chief Technology Officer CollabNet, Inc. 8000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 600 Brisbane, California 94005 office: +1 650.228.2562 mobile: +1 408.835.8090 raindance: +1 877.326.2337, x844.7461 aim: jackrepenning skype: jrepenning _______________________________________________ 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.… Does anyone have any info on some real documentation on versions 2 & 3? Something in addition to the Software Delivery Guide which is extremely general? ie - in version 2 for the read me you cannot copy and paste into the field - but the documentation doesn't tell you what type of file it needs to be to be included (tried both Word and Text and neither can be selected). I'm new to PackageMaker and need some detailed documentation to work with! Take an explore through the built-in, on-line help. For example, in "Specifying the Interface," it says: Read me content is shown to the user after the welcome content. Can also be .rtf, .rtfd, .html, or .txt. The readme will be made scrollable if necessary, so it can be as long as required. I don't see ".doc" there, so no surprise that the Word file didn't work, but you can have Word "Save As..." RTF, and that ought to work. Or use TextEdit, whose native format is RTF. If you had trouble selecting a "Text" file, perhaps its name did not end in ".txt"? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Packagemaker Documentation
by Annette Brooks 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.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.… Does anyone have any info on some real documentation on versions 2 & 3? Something in addition to the Software Delivery Guide which is extremely general? ie - in version 2 for the read me you cannot copy and paste into the field - but the documentation doesn't tell you what type of file it needs to be to be included (tried both Word and Text and neither can be selected). I'm new to PackageMaker and need some detailed documentation to work with! This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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