September 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: Debugging the Installer PlugIn
by Nethan Dash 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=pk5SFlF/Ii0clzWKSzQ5RooRXw/MWHRHhignMe1dS1FyQl4clXFAWERO5uCVOOfpFDZlCm+j7ZlfQEjHPrpZiVYh3nnzL0b8hqbzeZ7bnHdT8souIc5IUfKRvPakecT8Dw/C5pdX+rYgXgnU6/KgG5QMGa7ivMCj4+qnJvUjuLY=; Thanks, But when I try to attach "Installer" application to the debugger, which in turns run my Package Installer, it throws an error message:"No launchable executable present at path". What am I doing wrong? Thnaks Nethan --- "Alexander v. Below" <below(a)mac.com> wrote: > Yes, you can use Xcode's "Attach ... " feature. > > Alex > > On 19.09.2007, at 11:32, Nethan Dash wrote: > > > I am a new PackageMaker developer, and I am > writing a > > Installer PlugIn using XCode. Can anyone tell me, > How > > can I debug the PlugIn? > > > > Thanks > > -N > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search > > > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > This email sent to below(a)mac.com > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Stéphane Sudre 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, septembre 19, 2007, at 06:39 PM, Jack Repenning wrote: On Sep 19, 2007, at 2:52 AM, Yun Zhi Lin wrote: BTW, using $1 you would spare some ../ _______________________________________________ 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.… But I am a little confused. During installation, I thought the scripts are copied to a tmp dir and run there.It is strange that we can get the path to the original script. Is my understanding wrong? I have no answers for you, here. I thought the same thing, and was surprised in the same way, when I tried it out. In fact, since I was thinking that way, I almost asked you why you don't just put your installation.configuration file into the Resources directory of the package (or mpkg), so that it *would* be copied to that temp directory and be where you expect. Maybe you should do that anyway, since we both thought there was a copy-to-temp going on. InstallationCheck and VolumeCheck scripts are not copied to a temporary directory AFAIK. There would no real interest in doing this. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Jack Repenning 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

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Package version string problem
by Yun Zhi Lin 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

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Re: How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Yun Zhi Lin 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, septembre 18, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Yun Zhi Lin wrote: > Hi all > > Currently I have one distribution package and I do installation check > in distribution script. > > The structure of my install disk image is like: > > <root of disk> > dist.mpkg > install.configuration > > During installation, I need to read the install.configuration file and > do some configuration jobs based on the content of this file. If the > file is missing, I would like to stop the installation and give users > some information about the error. > > I try to check the existence of install.configuration in installation > check. But unfortunately,I could not get the path to install package > from distribution script.I search developer.apple.com but could not > find answer. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there any other > possible ways to solve my problem? If I am to believe the list of objects available through _javascript_ as described in the up-to-date docum... ahem in the 2005 release notes, the answer seems to be that you can not get a file reference to your distribution script. But I may be wrong. You could use an InstallationCheck shell script with a custom error id (and appropriate message error strings) to work around this.

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Re: How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Yun Zhi Lin 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

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Re: Debugging the Installer PlugIn
by Alexander v. Below 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Yes, you can use Xcode's "Attach ... " feature. Alex On 19.09.2007, at 11:32, Nethan Dash wrote: I am a new PackageMaker developer, and I am writing a Installer PlugIn using XCode. Can anyone tell me, How can I debug the PlugIn? Thanks -N _______________________________________________ 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.… ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz _______________________________________________ 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 This email sent to below(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Debugging the Installer PlugIn
by Nethan Dash 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=fLUI623UYVCC9DLSXdhXAQ6kw2Lg55XEBNaaYzB7pZVc3B7wy+xipVallUpb3ZiCWry5qcIJy/96mnS3Zbk/SsBGB7eZdmvHzz78KKJ6q/jluu0ByzedgWPh4qbhyMfpKMBkpTCHHvHFFzxwcBcM63Kbn90yHxpQ32fsCOWjXF0=; I am a new PackageMaker developer, and I am writing a Installer PlugIn using XCode. Can anyone tell me, How can I debug the PlugIn? Thanks -N ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz _______________________________________________ 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: How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Jack Repenning 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

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Re: How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Stéphane Sudre 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mardi, septembre 18, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Yun Zhi Lin wrote: Hi all The structure of my install disk image is like: <root of disk> dist.mpkg install.configuration _______________________________________________ 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.… Currently I have one distribution package and I do installation check in distribution script. During installation, I need to read the install.configuration file and do some configuration jobs based on the content of this file. If the file is missing, I would like to stop the installation and give users some information about the error. I try to check the existence of install.configuration in installation check. But unfortunately,I could not get the path to install package from distribution script.I search developer.apple.com but could not find answer. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there any other possible ways to solve my problem? If I am to believe the list of objects available through Javascript as described in the up-to-date docum... ahem in the 2005 release notes, the answer seems to be that you can not get a file reference to your distribution script. But I may be wrong. You could use an InstallationCheck shell script with a custom error id (and appropriate message error strings) to work around this. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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