October 2008 - Installer-dev

Re: hdiutil create failed error 49168
by David Melgar 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:references:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:cc; bh=EtgN8D5lRaTYhL9X9uDXR+47Voc3LXNcbEIz7w5ftDg=; b=uWCaEF60hl74O8gmgwi2CmMR6YEmHVUSXbmels9sKw0ZUh2jKovBSs4+r+1q/H8yc4 cwB6VO2jIgvRpDilW7k9uhwfa1p6p3GWDOoDdmFZ8wOOu72/wv2/L/tae7ni5B+0TDCP kFr+wmrKFzSmHGSU8ULkgkjhNf4VvLimPc9wQ= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date:cc; b=GCMkxgo9HQl20BWrcGYhv5oAwnm+5oHI78ulhupyymcJzXW2yEBhPlrS573j7jaHyC 27snUGuNRkRlHy91phZ2260QXRoYUASJwfjnUba4NQ18kV8MPq0joqxnQw7zjMfFfOpZ MzqigbduwXmQ6YpGs2ooOPScneEboNoHK4J6I= I'm running latest version of leopard. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2008, at 8:51 AM, "Carter, Bruce" <bcarter(a)nd.edu> wrote: Are you running any anti-virus software? We have had a variety of odd errors from HDIUTIL because Norton was doing something... FYI, I reran the command from history, no changes that I'm aware of anywhere, and it worked. I have been experiencing these frequent errors for no discernible reason. I've been trying to use tools DropDMG and DMG Canvas. Both of those often also give me errors, especially DropDMG which always reports an error, hdiutil 49168. The man page for hdiutil says that when using srcfolder the file system will match that of the source. Therefore sounds like the fs option is not needed unless you're trying to override the filesystem. Try: Hdiutil create -ov -fs HFS+ -srcfolder sourceDir out.dmg I usually use: Hdiutil create -ov -fs HFS+ -volname "out" -srcfolder "source Dir" out.dmg The man page will describe all the options :) Lisa hdiutil create out.dmg -srcfolder sourceDir hdiutil: create failed - error 49168 Any help appreciated. _______________________________________________ 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/lisaweimer%40smartt ech.com This email sent to lisaweimer(a)smarttech.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/bcarter%40nd.edu _______________________________________________ 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.… No antivirus software. I've noticed when the problem happens I end up with a mess of processies named diskimages-helpe. I've tried all sorts of tests with no clear pattern. I'll go for a long while where it never works, then it will start working without me doing anything I thought was related. On 10/9/08 9:22 PM, "David" <enki1711(a)gmail.com> wrote: The -ov option just overwrites. If you don't overwrite and the file is present, it gives a simple error stating that the file exists. On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Lisa Weimer <LisaWeimer(a)smarttech.com> wrote: No idea what your error is, but you didn't specify any disk format. Mac disk images are HFS+. -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+lisaweimer=smarttech.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+lisaweimer=smarttech.com@lists.apple.com ] On Behalf Of David Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:48 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: hdiutil create failed error 49168 I'm trying to create a dmg with an application in it. I put the application in a directory then used the following command: I haven't found much in Google about this. I'm not of out disk space. This email sent to bcarter(a)nd.edu -- Bruce Carter, Senior Systems Engineer http://www.nd.edu/~bcarter/ Center for Creative Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,IN 46556 This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: hdiutil create failed error 49168
by Carter, Bruce 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Ackqdrxz/NCOvSouQGqqsm0WdBHlJQAYCiKm Thread-topic: hdiutil create failed error 49168 Are you running any anti-virus software? We have had a variety of odd errors from HDIUTIL because Norton was doing something... On 10/9/08 9:22 PM, "David" <enki1711(a)gmail.com> wrote: > FYI, I reran the command from history, no changes that I'm aware of > anywhere, and it worked. > > I have been experiencing these frequent errors for no discernible > reason. I've been trying to use tools DropDMG and DMG Canvas. Both of > those often also give me errors, especially DropDMG which always > reports an error, hdiutil 49168. > > The man page for hdiutil says that when using srcfolder the file > system will match that of the source. Therefore sounds like the fs > option is not needed unless you're trying to override the filesystem. > > The -ov option just overwrites. If you don't overwrite and the file is > present, it gives a simple error stating that the file exists. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Lisa Weimer <LisaWeimer(a)smarttech.com> wrote: >> No idea what your error is, but you didn't specify any disk format. Mac >> disk images are HFS+. >> >> Try: >> Hdiutil create -ov -fs HFS+ -srcfolder sourceDir out.dmg >> >> I usually use: >> Hdiutil create -ov -fs HFS+ -volname "out" -srcfolder "source Dir" >> out.dmg >> >> The man page will describe all the options :) >> >> Lisa >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: installer-dev-bounces+lisaweimer=smarttech.com(a)lists.apple.com >> [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+lisaweimer=smarttech.com@lists.apple.com] >> On Behalf Of David >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:48 PM >> To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com >> Subject: hdiutil create failed error 49168 >> >> I'm trying to create a dmg with an application in it. >> I put the application in a directory then used the following command: >> >> hdiutil create out.dmg -srcfolder sourceDir >> >> hdiutil: create failed - error 49168 >> >> I haven't found much in Google about this. I'm not of out disk space. >> >> Any help appreciated. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/lisaweimer%40smartt >> ech.com >> >> This email sent to lisaweimer(a)smarttech.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/bcarter%40nd.edu > > This email sent to bcarter(a)nd.edu -- Bruce Carter, Senior Systems Engineer http://www.nd.edu/~bcarter/ Center for Creative Computing, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,IN 46556 _______________________________________________ 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 smime.p7s

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Re: hdiutil create failed error 49168
by David 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

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hdiutil create failed error 49168
by David 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

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Postflight scripts
by Annette Brooks 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

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Re: Postflight and Packagemaker 3.0
by Bill Janssen 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com So it sounds like the right thing to do is to construct a dummy package with no contents, but a postinstall script, and add that package to your metapackage. Bill _______________________________________________ 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: Postflight and Packagemaker 3.0
by Iceberg-Dev 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding :from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=kKpvUIC39L1ssK3u/DPGN8ik2YwdZFLEjeoNNWdM3zY=; b=bBbZBU8ban3991LKKT3q2h82y5VCoa2IsobNDvqBwrH+P6cNZsCQBRbBwFCsA5eQgi YoeUY9XIPch7uE2/mYe2EynWRpMCjecuIH3KfKYs/wMtgw+6itdU8eSrPAYleT3h6iAI UXMTDbD0MufLzAW1e8+XwgLBrKQwHKb7EZwC4= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=LcBOg2eyieaFPC9hL/1TPHpxYz65aDyTzHDjV8Kqf2PYJ7EEUUjZ6WeGVdRV8ENSTJ Lh5Ve+01oo6BX/QRmAVD7RysC8kGTwbAAnF/lx2vcA5cvE8fv3IY/jp5cIjNrc/eOLg3 hNqpWLMn7VLx0wNihcFShV0by2Prdegsu/Z6I= On Oct 7, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Annette Brooks 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.… I have recently upgraded to Packagemaker 3.0. Previously I had preflight scripts within my packages, and a postflight script within the metapackage. Now using distribution packages, my preflight scripts work – but the postflight script will no longer launch. Does 3.0 support postflight scripts in a distribution package? Or does it have to be within the package? I would tend to believe it needs to be within a package because when PackageMaker needs to run a preinstall or postinstall scripts (the equivalent of a preflight and postflight script for Flat packages), it includes additional virtual packages. The distribution script format does not include keys for preinstall or postinstall scripts AFAIK. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Install requirement script returning true
by Iceberg-Dev 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

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Postflight and Packagemaker 3.0
by Annette Brooks 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

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Re: How can I Lauch Finder in postinstall or postupgrade?
by Philip Aker 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Oct 7, 2008, at 5:00 AM, Kazuyoshi Matsumoto wrote: So. I should insert 'delay'....I see... Using delay is not reliable. ignoring application responses tell application "Finder" to quit end ignoring repeat tell application "System Events" if (name of every application process does not contain "Finder") then exit repeat end if end tell end repeat tell application "Finder" to activate I think so....But my client said...."I can't version up." I can't believe it..... Philip Aker echo astwta@lvpc.dslh@nl | tr a-z@. p-za-o.@ Democracy: Two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch. _______________________________________________ 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 problem is most likely that you are launching the Finder immediately after quitting it (takes a while for the Finder to quit depending on many factors). I think you should upgrade to at least 10.5.2 If an internet download is not possible (maybe too big for a modem) then I believe they can go to their Apple dealer and get an upgrade for free. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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