January 2008 - Installer-dev

Re: PackageMaker 3.0/Installer - NSInvalidArgumentException
by Stéphane Sudre 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jan 1, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Nathan Duran wrote: On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:29 AM, David Wilson wrote: It's just hiding the extension for the file name. It would be a good idea to file 2 bug reports. _______________________________________________ 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/usr/bin/packagemaker --doc "$PACKAGEMAKER" --out "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" --verbose setfile -a E "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" So, it's either me, or a bug! Why are you setting the hidden flag of the installer you're building? Apparently in PackageMaker 3, when you build a package which includes some bundles, the search flag (Relocatable) is automatically enabled (re-enabled). A space in the identifier string should not lead to an installation error. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Target script problems
by Nathan Duran 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jan 2, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Paul Wasmund wrote: Did you look at the environment variables? _______________________________________________ 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 created a distribution package with the Leopard version of PackageMaker and have added a requirement of Result of Script for Target. My script doesn't get passed any arguments so how is it supposed to find out what the target volume is so it can test to see if my installer can install on that volume? Paul Wasmund This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Target script problems
by Paul Wasmund 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Paul Wasmund _______________________________________________ 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 created a distribution package with the Leopard version of PackageMaker and have added a requirement of Result of Script for Target. My script doesn't get passed any arguments so how is it supposed to find out what the target volume is so it can test to see if my installer can install on that volume? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker 3.0/Installer - NSInvalidArgumentException
by David Wilson 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello again everyone... I'd like to report some progress on this issue I've been having.... - David On 1/01/2008, at 11:29 PM, David Wilson wrote: Hi team... So, it's either me, or a bug! - David _______________________________________________ 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/dgwilson%40paradise.ne… _______________________________________________ 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.… The issue seems to be related to the "identified", where I had "com.david.USB Missile Launcher NZ"" and this seems to fail because of the spaces in the file name. I've changed it to "com.david.USBMissileLauncherNZ" and everything is now behaving like a well oiled machine. In PackageMaker... To change this setting, go to your package and select the Contents Tab. Click on your Application - this is the line that allows relocation or downgrade. At the bottom of the screen click "Relocation" and there is the identifier for you to change. Note that this screen also seems to contain the destination name of the installed application. I have reviewed the PackageMaker User Guide and can not find any reference to this "Relocation" dialog to explain what is going on. And I then decided to get smarter and add in some post install stuff (i.e. show the installed application after installation) But this again referenced "com.david.USB Missile Launcher NZ" from where I don't know. So it's all buggered up again. So now I deselected the options to make the application "relocatable" and now I can install successfully. And for the record, I changed the "identifier" back in my application so that it didn't have any spaces in it. But perhaps the installer is confused because of the older versions that I have on my hard drive. I'm new here... and I hope that this post is appropriate... I've spent all day (2 days) on this and I don't know where to turn to. Short story... I'm trying to automate my build process by way of a shell script. I'm almost there... When I run my installer package, (it has worked), though now every time I run it (even after I rebuild it) I get the error below and the "Install Failed" message. Jan 1 23:12:31 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: Package Authoring Error: Results of component search (com.david.USB Missile Launcher NZ) not usable by package. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: An exception was thrown from the install queue while running IFInstallElement. NSInvalidArgumentException. *** -[NSFileManager fileSystemRepresentationWithPath:]: nil or empty path argument. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an unknown error that failed the install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an unknown error that failed the install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'. I'm running 10.5.1, xcode 3 etc. I have a folder called "Applications" and a folder containing my application and support files (read me etc) that I want to install contained within that. I have a PackageMaker document (.pmdoc) and use the following to create the package. /Developer/usr/bin/packagemaker --doc "$PACKAGEMAKER" --out "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" --verbose setfile -a E "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" I've done many builds and attempted many installs yesterday/today (and thus I don't know if I've "corrupted" something on my machine) It doesn't seem to make any difference if I remove my application folder from within the Applications folder.. the installer still fails with the same error. Sorry it's a bit of a dump and I hope the story is coherent and that someone knows what's happening here... This email sent to dgwilson(a)paradise.net.nz This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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PackageMaker 3.0 - Package References
by Keith Duncan 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can fix it? Keith _______________________________________________ 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 packaging my product using PackageMaker 3.0 and the package contains references to three other.pkg components. I'm targeting 10.5 with all of my packages because I need to use the new flat package format. The dawn product package references; the Amber framework package; dawnAlarma, a launchd agent and its plist; and dawnAlarmd, a launchd daemon and its plist. The referenced packages build fine, no errors or warnings. When building the dawn package it throws a warning for each of the references packages: "No payload could be found. The package will not be build." This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker 3.0/Installer - NSInvalidArgumentException
by Nathan Duran 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jan 1, 2008, at 2:29 AM, David Wilson wrote: Why are you setting the hidden flag of the installer you're building? _______________________________________________ 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/usr/bin/packagemaker --doc "$PACKAGEMAKER" --out "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" --verbose setfile -a E "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" So, it's either me, or a bug! This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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PackageMaker 3.0/Installer - NSInvalidArgumentException
by David Wilson 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi team... So, it's either me, or a bug! - David _______________________________________________ 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 new here... and I hope that this post is appropriate... I've spent all day (2 days) on this and I don't know where to turn to. Short story... I'm trying to automate my build process by way of a shell script. I'm almost there... When I run my installer package, (it has worked), though now every time I run it (even after I rebuild it) I get the error below and the "Install Failed" message. Jan 1 23:12:31 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: Package Authoring Error: Results of component search (com.david.USB Missile Launcher NZ) not usable by package. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: An exception was thrown from the install queue while running IFInstallElement. NSInvalidArgumentException. *** -[NSFileManager fileSystemRepresentationWithPath:]: nil or empty path argument. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: Install failed: The Installer encountered an unknown error that failed the install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI. Jan 1 23:12:34 David-Wilsons-Computer Installer[1366]: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an unknown error that failed the install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'. I'm running 10.5.1, xcode 3 etc. I have a folder called "Applications" and a folder containing my application and support files (read me etc) that I want to install contained within that. I have a PackageMaker document (.pmdoc) and use the following to create the package. /Developer/usr/bin/packagemaker --doc "$PACKAGEMAKER" --out "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" --verbose setfile -a E "$PACKAGEOUTPUT" I've done many builds and attempted many installs yesterday/today (and thus I don't know if I've "corrupted" something on my machine) It doesn't seem to make any difference if I remove my application folder from within the Applications folder.. the installer still fails with the same error. Sorry it's a bit of a dump and I hope the story is coherent and that someone knows what's happening here... This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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