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Re: how to stop "Diverting" behavior?
by Stéphane Sudre 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Mar 20, 2008, at 5:21 PM, Bill Janssen wrote: I've been using a Python script called "buildpkg.py" to build packages for OS X for years, but it's giving me some error messages lately, so I thought I'd try to switch over to packagemaker. I use it from the command line in compatibility mode (I'm building on 10.4 and on 10.5), and it seems to work OK, but when I attempt to do an install of the resulting package, two of my four applications are "diverted" to the original source location on the disk of the target machine! How bizarre! What's this "diverting" thing, and why does it choose to do it with only two of the four apps, and how do I stop it from doing this? No. _______________________________________________ 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.… Check the built package and look for a relocator. This could be an explanation. Are the sources for PackageMaker available somewhere? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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how to stop "Diverting" behavior?
by Bill Janssen 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I've been using a Python script called "buildpkg.py" to build packages for OS X for years, but it's giving me some error messages lately, so I thought I'd try to switch over to packagemaker. I use it from the command line in compatibility mode (I'm building on 10.4 and on 10.5), and it seems to work OK, but when I attempt to do an install of the resulting package, two of my four applications are "diverted" to the original source location on the disk of the target machine! How bizarre! What's this "diverting" thing, and why does it choose to do it with only two of the four apps, and how do I stop it from doing this? Are the sources for PackageMaker available somewhere? 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: Tutorial for Integrating PackageMaker into a Xcode build target?
by Jack Repenning 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Also, and this is probably more of an Xcode question than an installer question, is there a way in the shell script which is part of the installer shell script target to have it automatically detect whether the project is being built in Debug mode or Release mode so that I can use the appropriate paths to the resources for the installer? I believe ${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR} is what you want, here? -==- Jack Repenning jackrepenning(a)tigris.org Project Owner SCPlugin http://scplugin.tigris.org "Subversion for the rest of OS X" _______________________________________________ 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 Mar 18, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Mac QA wrote: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Tutorial for Integrating PackageMaker into a Xcode build target?
by Mac QA 19 Mar '08

19 Mar '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=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=83K8gu5rZwgCoRSaAD//wkiM6uWq9Hd4Alofzw/JDOc=; b=Chh6QSQJy0x/fpwW3oyey1fErqQCF71kQdxjZ21fb3N+50UTCcgixV58tVQgRd0HnRSY5hCW2iRa7aPQaojlqoDa8dGqJ+zhc/NyxyggIgbN5rTQ3Yb+DZOGA4YKhTqeuNaYodVfnxMJ5qxvVFGIkELazU8Pi6SsIkdHFF17sl4= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uo1r4hytL0ZOgs5G37r4c76sIBGZCGy0Zw1S/N8Ac1bv4m+13B0de54LhBmWC/FFXt0Jad0Ztosn0bwOR2D6ckWcTSruyALJ64ITxTOyNIkMQDxwz4N1pkcUD4agJhIBZGm1BbIAq8Lx6r8bn4OwGX+weXYbligKltD+b2VQWIs= On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Mac QA <macqaguy(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Does anyone know of an example for integrating the command line usage > of PackageMaker into a Xcode built target for automatically generating > a package installer each time a project is built? Hi again, So I mostly figured this out. My Xcode project consists of multiple targets, and I want to create a package installer for each, and then a combined metapackage installer for them all. I have added a new installer target of that is of type shell script target for each of the binary targets, and made the binary target a direct dependency of the installer target. And in the installer shell script target I have a command of the form: /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker -build -p ./Debug/Installer/target1/target1.pkg -f ./Debug/target1/ -b /tmp -ds -v -r ./Installer/Resources/ -i ./Installer/target1_resources/Info.plist -d ./Installer/target1_resources/Description.plist The above works to build a package for an individual binary target result. However, the resulting installer ends up not having the permissions set appropriately for the payload of the install. Is there a way to get these permissions set appropriately automatically, w/o human interaction, so that each time I build I can get an updated installer? Also, and this is probably more of an Xcode question than an installer question, is there a way in the shell script which is part of the installer shell script target to have it automatically detect whether the project is being built in Debug mode or Release mode so that I can use the appropriate paths to the resources for the installer? _______________________________________________ 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: Requirement Check For Initial State
by Adam Halls 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

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Tutorial for Integrating PackageMaker into a Xcode build target?
by Mac QA 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '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:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=N3YOAPBA3wopTYXBF5kr3SuTrelxZ4szqXxBzZjHUcw=; b=PJASjQDLNH+/YXItpiEoY4iEsf5OXTqR1C+KH9nFm8Io+M3BSs6xI7cA13iw+pQnuhHxbQ7YhoTwopEHovfVTltXZfVbqA56IgTH8ecQgM3i05yp3PsA4IA4lbfL7dc2Zf2uudpY0U+X5DJ+bCIkInOkIu5O/b9CTO1y43RO0PE= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=NyCFy8CCNiGv14xBR3RPYYUystPov2MTllZPMcODUIVeBKDPt05yZHxt+uPN81p3ViOSma6cSf031iarDHVc3+/SY3MSW0ET6cBEoBfogo5t+amenohX+z2XiuUGdRfFBLXl5Hw2PSKApgOeP6+i/7WLdYlF+h6qGWMmgxnJkkI= Hi, Does anyone know of an example for integrating the command line usage of PackageMaker into a Xcode built target for automatically generating a package installer each time a project is built? Specifically, I have a multi-target project so I'd want to create a mpkg with a pkg for each binary target. I would think this would be a common thing to do, but googling hasn't turned any examples up yet. Please do share if you know of any examples. Thanks! _______________________________________________ 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: Requirement Check For Initial State
by Stéphane Sudre 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Mar 15, 2008, at 12:23 AM, Adam Halls wrote: Hi, 1. I have two components that I need to install: Database Engine My Application ---------------------------- #!/bin/sh if [ database_needs_to_be_installed ] then exit 1 else exit 0 fi ---------------------------- if: Result of Script file path: path_to_script Selected Yes Enabled No Issue #1: Issue #2: Bug ID# 5801793 Issue #3: Bug ID# 5801796 Issue #4: Bug ID# 5801798 Issue #5: Bug ID# 5801800 Issue #6: Issue #7: I could not seriously test Issue #6 because: Bug ID# 5801805 Others: I could keep on filing bug reports on this one: "There's no reason to use small controls and widgets in the dialog" ... So what I would suggest in this case is to: - check if a Javascript test is not good enough or most preferably: My $0.02 _______________________________________________ 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 using PackageMaker 3.0.1. I've created a new package that will only run on Mac OS X 10.5+. I've read the PackageMaker documentation several times and have scoured the internet to find answers to the following questions, but I've had no luck. For the Database Engine I have the Initial State set as "Selected" and "Hidden" are disabled and "Enabled" is enabled. However, I would like to add a requirement that would set "Selected" to Yes and "Enabled" to No if the Database Engine needs to be installed. I have written a shell script that checks to see if the Database Engine needs to be installed: So I select the Database Engine component and click the "Requirements" tab and add a new requirement: But no matter what I set the exit values to in the shell script the package always thinks the script is failing. This means that Selected is always set to Yes and Enabled is always set to No. What is the proper way to have a script exit with either true or false depending on the if statement? Should I be using a shell script or another script technology such as Perl? As far as I can tell, you won't be able to do what you want with this release of PackageMaker. When you select a "Result of Script" requirement, this will use a system.run call in the distribution script. According to the Installer Javascript Reference documentation: "The alllow-external-scripts attribute of the options element in the distribution definition must be 'yes' for the program to be launched.". I'm sorry to report that the package built by PackageMaker 3.0.1 does not set this attribute to yes, it's still set to no. Bug ID# 5801794 You will notice that the documentation even has a typo on this attribute: 3 l's for allow are not going to make it work better. When you define the script to be executed, the script is not integrated into your package. When you define the script to be executed, the path used for system.run is the one of the script on your hard drive (absolute path). The documentation for system.run is quite incomplete and does not provide any information regarding what "true" or "false" could mean for a shell script. When a shell scripts works, it usually returns 0. The issue is that 0 means FALSE in most coding languages. I'm not even sure that when you change allow-external-scripts to yes, the script is launched. If you switch to Raw Edition in PackageMaker, change allow-external- scripts value to yes and switch back to Standard edition mode, PackageMaker just crashes. "When you choose the script to use for the "Result of Script" requirement, the button should be labeled "Choose" and not "Open" since you do not open the file but choose it." "PackageMaker should be clever enough to set the title value itself when you create the project. It can get on someone's nerves to see this fracking build error claiming that one needs to set a title. Where did my Gigaflops go?" - forget about using a 10.5 flat package format and instead stick with a 10.4 package format because it will be easier for you to work around the numerous issues in PackageMaker. If you require Mac OS X 10.5 or later for your package, you can restrict this with a VolumeCheck or InstallationCheck script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Requirement Check For Initial State
by Adam Halls 14 Mar '08

14 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, 1. I have two components that I need to install: Database Engine My Application ---------------------------- #!/bin/sh if [ database_needs_to_be_installed ] then exit 1 else exit 0 fi ---------------------------- if: Result of Script file path: path_to_script Selected Yes Enabled No Thanks in advance. -Adam _______________________________________________ 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 using PackageMaker 3.0.1. I've created a new package that will only run on Mac OS X 10.5+. I've read the PackageMaker documentation several times and have scoured the internet to find answers to the following questions, but I've had no luck. For the Database Engine I have the Initial State set as "Selected" and "Hidden" are disabled and "Enabled" is enabled. However, I would like to add a requirement that would set "Selected" to Yes and "Enabled" to No if the Database Engine needs to be installed. I have written a shell script that checks to see if the Database Engine needs to be installed: So I select the Database Engine component and click the "Requirements" tab and add a new requirement: But no matter what I set the exit values to in the shell script the package always thinks the script is failing. This means that Selected is always set to Yes and Enabled is always set to No. What is the proper way to have a script exit with either true or false depending on the if statement? Should I be using a shell script or another script technology such as Perl? 2. Somewhat related on one above. When creating a requirement I noticed one of the options is "Result of Javascript". How exactly does this option work? Where do you write the Javascript code? Do you write your functions in another file and add it to the package somehow? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Requirements Dysfunctional
by Stéphane Sudre 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Mar 12, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Jim Hoyt wrote: Yo, Using PackageMaker 3.01 with Leopard. In Package Requirements set up a requirement as such: File Exists on Target: /Applications/foldername/application_name As far as I can tell (*), it's a bug in PackageMaker 3. return false; } return true; } </script> Which basically states (unless I'm drunk at the time of this writing): if the file does not exist then fail if the file exists then succeed Basically, it's a double negation issue. The script should look like this: return false; } return true; } </script> _______________________________________________ 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.… Required, false, is equal to true, ( i also tried true, is equal to true) I was hoping the installer would give me a warning that the folder/ file already existed, and do I want to overwrite it. It just went ahead and overwrote the folder/file without any interruption. How can I set this up to not overwrite. I thought that was the purpose of the Requirements setup...I am obviously missing something... any help deeply appreciated. I tried to reproduce it with PM 3.0.1 by checking (in the Project requirements) for the existence of /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app and your parameters. The script I got when I build the package (10.5 flat format) is the following one (**): <script> function pm_volume_check() { if(!(system.files.fileExistsAtPath(my.target.mountpoint + '/ Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app') == true)) { my.result.title = 'Failure'; my.result.message = 'Error'; my.result.type = 'Fatal'; <script> function pm_volume_check() { if (system.files.fileExistsAtPath(my.target.mountpoint + '/ Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app') == true) { my.result.title = 'Failure'; my.result.message = 'Error'; my.result.type = 'Fatal'; I filed a bug report against it (Bug ID #5796305). So if I'm writing under influence, I will be the culprit. (*) Don't trust me, I'm suffering from the did-I-really-close-the- door syndrom on this one. (**) It's not exactly this script because I reformatted the output for it to be more readable. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Requirements Dysfunctional
by Jim Hoyt 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

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