August 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: How to disable warning dialog when double click the .pkg which contains cocoa install plugin?
by Jack Repenning 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

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Version checking and InstallationCheck
by Dallas Jones 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Importance: Normal Hi there - I want to be able to install one of two packages as part of a metapackage depending on whether a file is found. I have edited the packages to add a package requirement; one of them will install if the file is found; the other will not install if the file is found. This didn't work - the installation fails if the requirements for either of the packages fails. It looks like I can do what I want to do with an InstallationCheck script - and I see some examples in the list archives. My concern with this approach is the big floating Legacy Document warning on the InstallationCheck page on the Apple site. Is there another approach, or do I just need to get over the legacy document warning? Thanks in advance for any opinions... -Dallas _______________________________________________ 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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Upgrade problems
by Yun Zhi Lin 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

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How to hide the "Customize" Button when run a .mpkg?
by judiexu 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

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How to disable warning dialog when double click the .pkg which contains cocoa install plugin?
by judiexu 27 Aug '07

27 Aug '07

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Re: Command PackageMaker can't generate metapackage in Terminal on 10.5
by Douglas Norton 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Douglas On Aug 25, 2007, at 9:48 PM, judiexu 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.… Your use of Mac OS X 10.5 is covered by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). As such you are not permitted to discuss any issues you encounter with Mac OS X 10.5 on a public forum such as this, and other Apple lists. Even if someone else on this list was able to provide an answer to you, they are also bound by the same NDA. Any issues you have with Mac OS X 10.5 should be reported via <http:// developer.apple.com/bugreporter/>, or contact DTS <http:// developer.apple.com/technicalsupport/>. Mac OS X 10.5 will cease to be covered by the NDA when it is publicly released. Until that time, discussions may only include information that is already publicly available. I build two component package (.pkg) and place them to folder "Packages" When I use command PackageMaker to generate metapackage on 10.4.8 (8N1250), it is ok, metapackage is generated. But I execute same command on 10.5(9A466), error happens with message "ERROR: No packages to build." command is : PackageMaker -build -mi Packages/ -p metapackage.mpkg This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Command PackageMaker can't generate metapackage in Terminal on 10.5
by judiexu 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

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Setting initial state of choices in custom install pane
by Mark Krenek 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

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Installer 'skip' in an upgrade.
by John Cebasek 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcfkMKDC31mKmlAjEdyYFwAX8gGyMA== Thread-topic: Installer 'skip' in an upgrade. User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 Hi All: What causes the installer to display 'Skip' in the customize dialog? Is it a pre-upgrade script? If it is, are there any samples that one can look at to understand the process? Thanks in advance for your time... John Cebasek _______________________________________________ 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: Installer and Upgrade problems
by Philip Wasson 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Aug 20, 2007, at 17:40, John Cebasek wrote: It's been a little while since I've done an installer package, and I'm having a wee bit of trouble when doing an upgrade. I'm modifying CFBundleShortVersionString and CFBundleVersion to be SHORT_STRING. Can anyone provide a hint or two to what might be the problem with: 1 - the upgrade sizes are 0; and 2 - the upgrade is installing everything even though the size of the packages are zero. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip D. Wasson pwasson at maned dot com MEI Software Engineer _______________________________________________ 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 the command line (because we're doing automated builds), I'm modifying the info.plists of various packages that are in a meta-package as follows - the CFBundleIdentifier key to be defined as something like com.vizible.xyz.$SHORT_STRING, where SHORT_STRING is defined as 0.2.8060 (or whatever the svn number is). I'm also modifying IFMajorVersion, IFMinorVersion and IFPkgBuildVersion to be the appropriate values. The size of the one packages is changing so when I look at the receipt and look at the installer, at least one of the packages I'm trying to install has a bigger size. I do a clean install and then rebuild everything with a new build number and do an 'Upgrade', all the packages in the Customize dialog have a size of 0, and if I 'Upgrade', all the packages are installed (none are skipped). I don't know if I can help with the upgrade sizes being 0, but I think item 2 is because you're changing the CFBundleIdentifier. My impression is that CFBundleIdentifier is supposed to identify a particular product, regardless of what version it is; that is, it's supposed to stay the same between versions. Comparing CFBundleIdentifiers between the package being installed and all packages previously installed is the way, or at least one of the ways, that the Installer determines whether it's performing an install or an upgrade. So try leaving the .version off the CFBundleIdentifier. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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