September 2007 - Installer-dev

Re: Packagemaker crash when building from command line
by John Cebasek 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acf6ANfAFmzgrGX0Edys3gAX8gGyMAAAaVka Thread-topic: Packagemaker crash when building from command line User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 Ooops, sorry folks... My first google search didn't find anything, the second found the previous report and solution. John On 9/18/07 10:33 AM, "John Cebasek" <jcebasek(a)vizible.com> wrote: > Hello All: > > I'm having a crash when trying to build a meta package from the command > line. The meta package builds when I using the Package Maker application. > > Do I have the command correct? Am I missing an option? > > /Developer/Tools/packagemaker -build -proj > ~/Documents/Vizible/test/_VizibleClient/Mac/scripts/make_redtail_package_mpk > g.pmproj" -p "$SOURCE_TRUNK"/npVizibleClient/redtail.mpkg > > Here's the report from crash reporter (leaving out the Binary Image > description, and the hardware description, the computer is a standard Mac > Pro 2.66): > > Date/Time: 2007-09-18 10:26:32.746 -0400 > OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2232) > Report Version: 4 > > Command: packagemaker > Path: /Developer/Tools/packagemaker > Parent: bash [229] > > Version: ??? (???) > > PID: 242 > Thread: 0 > > Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006) > Code[0]: 0x00000002 > Code[1]: 0x00000000 > > > Thread 0 Crashed: > 0 com.apple.Foundation 0x9282847f _NSRaiseError + 227 > 1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9284f23f +[NSException raise:format:] + 57 > 2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ea924 -[NSPlaceholderMutableString > initWithString:] + 110 > 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9280e66a +[NSString stringWithString:] + 67 > 4 packagemaker 0x00027138 0x1000 + 155960 > 5 packagemaker 0x000037f6 0x1000 + 10230 > 6 packagemaker 0x00003ca0 0x1000 + 11424 > 7 packagemaker 0x00003641 0x1000 + 9793 > 8 packagemaker 0x00002b50 0x1000 + 6992 > 9 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ea2e5 _decodeObjectBinary + 2513 > 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x927e98ce _decodeObject + 231 > 11 com.apple.Foundation 0x928a615a +[NSKeyedUnarchiver > unarchiveObjectWithData:] + 105 > 12 packagemaker 0x0001dfbf 0x1000 + 118719 > 13 packagemaker 0x0001c42f 0x1000 + 111663 > 14 packagemaker 0x00002806 0x1000 + 6150 > 15 packagemaker 0x00002796 0x1000 + 6038 > 16 packagemaker 0x000026bd 0x1000 + 5821 > > Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): > eax: 0x00073000 ebx: 0x928283aa ecx: 0x90a5b321 edx: 0x00307da0 > edi: 0x00319f60 esi: 0x0031a000 ebp: 0xbffff6a8 esp: 0xbffff640 > ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000246 eip: 0x9282847f cs: 0x00000017 > ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/jcebasek%40vizible.com > > This email sent to jcebasek(a)vizible.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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Packagemaker crash when building from command line
by John Cebasek 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acf6ANfAFmzgrGX0Edys3gAX8gGyMA== Thread-topic: Packagemaker crash when building from command line User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 Hello All: I'm having a crash when trying to build a meta package from the command line. The meta package builds when I using the Package Maker application. Do I have the command correct? Am I missing an option? /Developer/Tools/packagemaker -build -proj ~/Documents/Vizible/test/_VizibleClient/Mac/scripts/make_redtail_package_mpk g.pmproj" -p "$SOURCE_TRUNK"/npVizibleClient/redtail.mpkg Here's the report from crash reporter (leaving out the Binary Image description, and the hardware description, the computer is a standard Mac Pro 2.66): Date/Time: 2007-09-18 10:26:32.746 -0400 OS Version: 10.4.10 (Build 8R2232) Report Version: 4 Command: packagemaker Path: /Developer/Tools/packagemaker Parent: bash [229] Version: ??? (???) PID: 242 Thread: 0 Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006) Code[0]: 0x00000002 Code[1]: 0x00000000 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 com.apple.Foundation 0x9282847f _NSRaiseError + 227 1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9284f23f +[NSException raise:format:] + 57 2 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ea924 -[NSPlaceholderMutableString initWithString:] + 110 3 com.apple.Foundation 0x9280e66a +[NSString stringWithString:] + 67 4 packagemaker 0x00027138 0x1000 + 155960 5 packagemaker 0x000037f6 0x1000 + 10230 6 packagemaker 0x00003ca0 0x1000 + 11424 7 packagemaker 0x00003641 0x1000 + 9793 8 packagemaker 0x00002b50 0x1000 + 6992 9 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ea2e5 _decodeObjectBinary + 2513 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x927e98ce _decodeObject + 231 11 com.apple.Foundation 0x928a615a +[NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:] + 105 12 packagemaker 0x0001dfbf 0x1000 + 118719 13 packagemaker 0x0001c42f 0x1000 + 111663 14 packagemaker 0x00002806 0x1000 + 6150 15 packagemaker 0x00002796 0x1000 + 6038 16 packagemaker 0x000026bd 0x1000 + 5821 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x00073000 ebx: 0x928283aa ecx: 0x90a5b321 edx: 0x00307da0 edi: 0x00319f60 esi: 0x0031a000 ebp: 0xbffff6a8 esp: 0xbffff640 ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00000246 eip: 0x9282847f cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 _______________________________________________ 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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How can I get path to install package from distribution script?
by Yun Zhi Lin 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

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Microsoft Office 2008 Info
by Bryan S. Lee 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acf2SamtFigIj5qKQLqvKyyP3Dm7UAAf6YQ2 Thread-topic: Microsoft Office 2008 Info User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 _______________________________________________ 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: Path argument not working
by Stéphane Sudre 13 Sep '07

13 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.… On jeudi, septembre 13, 2007, at 06:54 PM, annette.brooks(a)myob.com wrote: Thought I would try one more time with this one. I've seen one posting where someone was having the same problem but I didn't see any resolution to it. I am trying to include a postflight script which will launch one of the files that is installed using the $2 argument since I give the user the option of changing the destination location. Unfortunately, $2 appears to be passing back "/" - so the script is not working. I have echoed the argument back and confirmed that the argument does not contain the full destination path - any idea what I might be doing wrong??? Can you run 'env' in your script to see if the value would not be available? I thought I saw a post where a non-supported variable was used for this. But I'm unable to confirm this due to Mail.app poor search feature on 10.2. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Path argument not working
by annette.brooks＠myob.com 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thought I would try one more time with this one. I've seen one posting where someone was having the same problem but I didn't see any resolution to it. I am trying to include a postflight script which will launch one of the files that is installed using the $2 argument since I give the user the option of changing the destination location. Unfortunately, $2 appears to be passing back "/" - so the script is not working. I have echoed the argument back and confirmed that the argument does not contain the full destination path - any idea what I might be doing wrong??? _______________________________________________ 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 to get better error messages out of packagemaker
by Stéphane Sudre 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On mercredi, septembre 12, 2007, at 04:59 PM, John Cebasek wrote: Hi All: It's a simple line like: /Developer/Tools/packagemaker -build -ds -p "$SOURCE_TRUNK/myapp/mac_installer_packages/plugin.pkg" -f '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/myapp.plugin' -i "$SOURCE_TRUNK/ myapp/mac_installer_resources/plugin/info.plist" -d "$SOURCE_TRUNK/ myapp/mac_installer_resources/plugin/Description.plist" -v When it's run, all I'm getting is: Touch myFile The file's created without any problems. What has changed between the moment it worked and the moment it doesn't? System Update? DevTools update? _______________________________________________ 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.… One of build machines can no longer create a package from our command line scripts. The package could not be created because of the following errors: Creating Package Shell File could not be created: "/Users/johncebasek/Documents/Vizible/test/myapp/ mac_installer_packages/myap p.pkg". If I cd to /Users/johncebasek/Documents/Vizible/test/myapp/mac_installer_packages and do a Is there of coaxing packagemaker into giving a little more info about the failure? Any workarounds? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How to get better error messages out of packagemaker
by John Cebasek 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acf1TXqCuVoLFWFAEdyf1gAX8gGyMA== Thread-topic: How to get better error messages out of packagemaker User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 Hi All: One of build machines can no longer create a package from our command line scripts. It's a simple line like: /Developer/Tools/packagemaker -build -ds -p "$SOURCE_TRUNK/myapp/mac_installer_packages/plugin.pkg" -f '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/myapp.plugin' -i "$SOURCE_TRUNK/ myapp/mac_installer_resources/plugin/info.plist" -d "$SOURCE_TRUNK/ myapp/mac_installer_resources/plugin/Description.plist" -v When it's run, all I'm getting is: The package could not be created because of the following errors: Creating Package Shell File could not be created: "/Users/johncebasek/Documents/Vizible/test/myapp/mac_installer_packages/myap p.pkg". If I cd to /Users/johncebasek/Documents/Vizible/test/myapp/mac_installer_packages and do a Touch myFile The file's created without any problems. Is there of coaxing packagemaker into giving a little more info about the failure? Any workarounds? 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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packagemaker update problems
by Robert Carroll 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

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$2 Argument
by annette.brooks＠myob.com 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I am trying to include a postflight script which will launch one of the files that is installed using the $2 argument since I give the user the option of changing the destination location. Unfortunately, $2 appears to be passing back "/" - so the script is not working. I have echoed the argument back and confirmed that the argument does not contain the full destination path - any idea what I might be doing wrong??? _______________________________________________ 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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