February 2008 - Installer-dev

Re: Environment variable is not read in package postflight script
by Jeff Vandehey 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com That did the trick! Thanks Jack. -Jeff On Feb 5, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Jack Repenning wrote: On Feb 5, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Jeff Vandehey wrote: Try this: /usr/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT $(/bin/hostname) "$TO" <<EOF ... -==- Jack Repenning Chief Technology Officer CollabNet, Inc. 8000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 600 Brisbane, California 94005 office: +1 650.228.2562 mobile: +1 408.835.8090 raindance: +1 877.326.2337, x844.7461 aim: jackrepenning skype: jrepenning _______________________________________________ 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.… /usr/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT $HOST" "$TO" <<EOF A new host was imaged today at `date`. Add $HOST to your ARD configuration. EOF _____________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this message and its attachments is confidential and proprietary to LAIKA, Inc. By opening this email or any of its attachments, you agree to keep all such information confidential and not to use, distribute, disclose or copy any part of such information without the prior written consent of LAIKA, Inc. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of such information is prohibited. If received in error, please contact the sender. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Environment variable is not read in package postflight script
by Nathan Duran 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 5, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Jeff Vandehey wrote: When I take this same script, and set it up as a post-flight script on a package, it does NOT read the $HOST variable. I get the email fine, but I get just a blank space where the $HOST variable should list information. Since the package is run as root, the email comes from System Administrator. The script is below. What do I need to add to it, to make it so I can read this environment variable? What is it you're expecting $HOST to be set to, and does printenv confirm these expectations? I don't seem to have any such thing defined on my machine. _______________________________________________ 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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Environment variable is not read in package postflight script
by Jeff Vandehey 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Jeff --Begin Script-- SUBJECT="New Host Added: " TO="username(a)domain.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.… I have written a small shell script that I use to email the Remote Desktop administrator whenever a macintosh machine is added to our network. Before explaining my problem, I'll explain why this script is necessary. Perhaps some of you have another work around for this. Our enterprise has multiple subnets, across different physical locations. This makes it a challenge to have all OSX hosts added and configured in ARD. I really have no idea when new mac is imaged and deployed. I have written a small shell script, that emails me, whenever a host is imaged and added to our network. This way, I know when a new machine is added, and I can add it to my ARD list. I don't have any problems with the script itself, mail configurations, etc. When I execute the script from the local machine, I receive the email just fine. It reads the $HOST environment variable, and the email that I received is perfect. When I take this same script, and set it up as a post-flight script on a package, it does NOT read the $HOST variable. I get the email fine, but I get just a blank space where the $HOST variable should list information. Since the package is run as root, the email comes from System Administrator. The script is below. What do I need to add to it, to make it so I can read this environment variable? /usr/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT $HOST" "$TO" <<EOF A new host was imaged today at `date`. Add $HOST to your ARD configuration. EOF _____________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this message and its attachments is confidential and proprietary to LAIKA, Inc. By opening this email or any of its attachments, you agree to keep all such information confidential and not to use, distribute, disclose or copy any part of such information without the prior written consent of LAIKA, Inc. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any use, distribution, disclosure or copying of such information is prohibited. If received in error, please contact the sender. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: version problems w/ Leopard installer
by Michael C. Silva 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Or, what I am doing wrong? Mike On Feb 4, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Michael C. Silva wrote: unfortunately, no. I just have Info.plist files that have: <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>222</string> On Feb 4, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Michael C. Silva 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/msilva%40savantav.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/msilva%40savantav.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.… After further investigation, it seems that the pmdoc xml's have a version hard-coded into them for each framework or app in my project. <component id="com.savantav.AVComponentXML" path="/Re\ lease/packageFS-Frameworks/component/avComponentXML.framework" version="14"/>< But when I build my code, I use a script to compile everything then I run the PackageMaker from the command line: /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/ PackageMaker --doc SingleInstaller.pmdoc --out foo.pkg the binaries have different version numbers, but PackageMaker seems to be inserting the one it has in its XML. So, how can I build a package from the command line that respects the actual version numbers of the frameworks & apps I have? We have a number of frameworks and apps that are loaded using a .pkg in Leopard. The first install of this code goes fine, but if we bump the revs of our apps and try to install again, I get lots of these in install.log: Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/syncMonitor.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. [...] The thing is the new version I am trying to install is 222, but the installer reports version 10 (and 1 in one case). 10 does not exist in any of my info plists. Can anyone help? Would you have any of these funny version.plist files in your apps bundle? This email sent to msilva(a)savantav.com This email sent to msilva(a)savantav.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Installation "diverting" under development user
by Robert Stainsby 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Is this expected behaviour, or am I doing something wrong? ====================================== Robert Stainsby Melbourne, Australia Email; Video, voice & text chat (iChat AV/AOL IM): rjsdev(a)mac.com http://web.mac.com/rjsdev/ _______________________________________________ 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've been trying to learn PackageMaker by building an installer for Apple's sample code iSpend app and Spotlight plugin. Under my (admin) account on my development machine, my built installer won't install the application, despite reporting a successful install. The installer log contains lines like the following, suggesting that it is installing back to the development directory instead of the correct /Applications folder. Feb 5 21:07:21 Roberts-MBP payloadExtractor[1269]: Diverting "./ iSpend.app" to "/Users/robert/Documents/Development/~Build Products/ Build Products/Default/iSpend.app" With other accounts on this machine (admin and non), and on another machine, it installs to /Applications as expected. I haven't made any changes to the default Destination (/Applications) set by PackageMaker when I dragged the iSpend.app bundle into it. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: postflight script on Leopard
by Robert Stainsby 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 05/02/2008, at 7:35 AM, Jack Repenning wrote: So, for example, > su notme -c 'sleep 10' Password: ... sleeps for 10 seconds, but this simply fails: > su notme sleep 10 Password: /bin/sleep: /bin/sleep: cannot execute binary file On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:17 AM, James Kelly wrote: jkelly-mp:~ root# perl -e 'print getlogin()."\n";' jkelly su $USER -c "touch ~/Desktop/$USER" Thanks all for your help. ====================================== Robert Stainsby Melbourne, Australia Email; Video, voice & text chat (iChat AV/AOL IM): rjsdev(a)mac.com http://web.mac.com/rjsdev/ _______________________________________________ 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.… Thanks Jack! Not only did that clarify the role of "-c", but it solves those pesky "cannot execute binary file" messages I was getting. ...the key will be programmatically determining who the user really is that is executing the script. As I said before, perl is pretty good for this: It seems that $USER always represents the non-root user who initiated the installer, even if it is running with admin/root privileges. So, for example, the following postinstall script works fine for me, creating a file with the name of that user on their Desktop: This also works for running /usr/bin/mdimport, which hopefully solves Geoff's original question. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: version problems w/ Leopard installer
by Michael C. Silva 05 Feb '08

05 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com unfortunately, no. I just have Info.plist files that have: <key>CFBundleVersion</key> <string>222</string> On Feb 4, 2008, at 6:31 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Michael C. Silva 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/msilva%40savantav.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.… We have a number of frameworks and apps that are loaded using a .pkg in Leopard. The first install of this code goes fine, but if we bump the revs of our apps and try to install again, I get lots of these in install.log: Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/syncMonitor.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. [...] The thing is the new version I am trying to install is 222, but the installer reports version 10 (and 1 in one case). 10 does not exist in any of my info plists. Can anyone help? Would you have any of these funny version.plist files in your apps bundle? This email sent to msilva(a)savantav.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: version problems w/ Leopard installer
by Stéphane Sudre 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 4, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Michael C. Silva 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.… We have a number of frameworks and apps that are loaded using a .pkg in Leopard. The first install of this code goes fine, but if we bump the revs of our apps and try to install again, I get lots of these in install.log: Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/syncMonitor.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. [...] The thing is the new version I am trying to install is 222, but the installer reports version 10 (and 1 in one case). 10 does not exist in any of my info plists. Can anyone help? Would you have any of these funny version.plist files in your apps bundle? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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version problems w/ Leopard installer
by Michael C. Silva 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Mike _______________________________________________ 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.… We have a number of frameworks and apps that are loaded using a .pkg in Leopard. The first install of this code goes fine, but if we bump the revs of our apps and try to install again, I get lots of these in install.log: Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/syncMonitor.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/svc.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/rpmRsyncd.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/rpmMediaServerShareSetup.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/rpmMediaMetadataServer.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/mediaServerHelper.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/iTunesLocker.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/System Monitor.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/Screen Manager.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/RacepointOSVersion.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/PSBTester.app (version 1) was not installed because a newer version (216) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/MetadataManager.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already exists. Feb 4 13:10:00 Michael-Silvas-MacBookPro Installer[35677]: / Applications/RacePointMedia/Media Controller Interface.app (version 10) was not installed because a newer version (221) already The thing is the new version I am trying to install is 222, but the installer reports version 10 (and 1 in one case). 10 does not exist in any of my info plists. Can anyone help? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: postflight script on Leopard
by James Kelly 04 Feb '08

04 Feb '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AchnQRc1VbEPBNM0EdyRqwAX8gU9wA== Thread-topic: postflight script on Leopard User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.6.070618 On 2/4/08 4:52 AM, "Robert Stainsby" <rjsdev(a)mac.com> wrote: > Hi Jim >>> Is there an easy way to "drop" admin rights for a postflight script? >> Using su with the -c flag for the /usr/bin/mdimport command could >> work. > > There doesn't seem to be a -c flag for either su or mdimport. Were you > thinking of a different flag? Huh, you are right. I have only used -c on Linux, but I checked my man page before sending the email. Upon further inspection, it turns out I have a stale man page, because on Tiger, that option is mentioned in the man page, on leopord it isn't. My coworkers who did an archive and install vs my simple upgrade have the newer man page. Another possibility might be to use the sudo command instead. I actually tested it this time, since I clearly can't trust my man pages. :) jkelly-mp:~ root# sudo -u jkelly /bin/echo $PATH > /private/tmp/test jkelly-mp:~ root# cat /private/tmp/test /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin So it works. As I said before, the key will be programmatically determining who the user really is that is executing the script. As I said before, perl is pretty good for this: jkelly-mp:~ root# perl -e 'print getlogin()."\n";' jkelly Jim _______________________________________________ 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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