April 2008 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Bug in the documentation or in Apple's own packages
by Stéphane Sudre 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

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.… According to the "Distribution Definition Reference" documentation, the version attributed of pkg-ref is _Required_. Strangely enough, iLifeSupport82-8.2.dist does not provide this piece of information and AFAIK, this "package" can be installed. So either the documentation is incorrect or the package is incorrect and the Installation Framework does not respect the format. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Installer question
by andy knasinski 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com any insight is most appreciated. thanks! andy _______________________________________________ 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'd like to replace an applescript installer that we've been using. here's what our installer does now... locates fmp8 thru 9 reg/adv simply by looking for... /applications/filemaker pro 8 /applications/filemaker pro 8 Advanced /applications/filemaker pro 8.5 /applications/filemaker pro 8.5 Advanced /applications/filemaker pro 9 /applications/filemaker pro 9 advanced install filemaker plugins (replace older versions) for each rev found into [app]/Extensions place folder in /Application directory -but- if folder exists, rename existing .fp7 files to .bak.fp7 places some files into /Application directory (replace is fine) it works great unless the user is logged in without privs to / applications i've downloaded iceberg, and it works great to copy a folder to / applications, but i'm not sure how the whole "postflight" script is supposed to work. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Product downgrade
by Stéphane Sudre 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, I attempted to enable product downgrading by setting IFPkgFlagAllowBackRev=true but this does not work on 10.4.11. _______________________________________________ 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 Apr 11, 2008, at 4:30 AM, Doru Carastan wrote: The only one way I could get it to work is by removing /Library/Receipts/MyApp.pkg/Contents/Info.plist file in the InstallationCheck script. This is quite a hack. Without it the installer warns that a newer version is installed on the target drive and later refuses to install saying 'You cannot continue. There is nothing to install.' Am I am missing something here? I've seen something similar with a package being installed through the installer command line tool. The installation fails silently even when the IFPkgFlagAllowBackRev flag is set. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Product downgrade
by Doru Carastan 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AciXgbU4c95XrOqLSfqCp53Q1F77AwD9EngQ Thread-topic: Product downgrade Hi, I attempted to enable product downgrading by setting IFPkgFlagAllowBackRev=true but this does not work on 10.4.11. The only one way I could get it to work is by removing /Library/Receipts/MyApp.pkg/Contents/Info.plist file in the InstallationCheck script. This is quite a hack. Without it the installer warns that a newer version is installed on the target drive and later refuses to install saying 'You cannot continue. There is nothing to install.' Am I am missing something here? Thanks, Doru _______________________________________________ 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: Packages from a network share
by Bryan S. Lee 09 Apr '08

09 Apr '08

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Re: A plugin for actions
by Stéphane Sudre 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com 2008 Apr 08, 12:27 PST These actions are just template shell scripts. _______________________________________________ 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 Apr 8, 2008, at 9:35 PM, Jose R.C. Cruz wrote: I notice that PackageMaker 3.0 gives me only ten actions to build a pre- or post-install workflow. Can I build an installer plugin that will add another action to the list? For example, I want my package to archive certain files before it install its payload. I realise I can do the same with a pre- or post-install script file. But since PackageMaker uses workflow actions, I want to know if I can add my own custom action. The list of available actions is defined in the ActionDefinitions.plist file within PackageMaker bundle. Unfortunately, the template scripts are defined as constant strings in the code directly (inside the PackageMaker executable). My current guess is that you can not extend the list of actions right now. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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A plugin for actions
by Jose R.C. Cruz 08 Apr '08

08 Apr '08

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Re: Some kind of FAQ
by Stéphane Sudre 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks for the suggestion and offer. - I don't think my ISP supports this. - I don't know anything about setting up a Wiki at this time. _______________________________________________ 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 Apr 7, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Bill Coderre wrote: If you want to wiki-fy your FAQ, I am sure other people (such as me) would be glad to pitch in. I won't be able to do this in the near future for multiple reasons including these 2 big ones: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Some kind of FAQ
by Bill Coderre 07 Apr '08

07 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Apr 5, 2008, at 6:00 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: It's available here: http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Installer/Menu.html _______________________________________________ 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/bc%40apple.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.… If you want to wiki-fy your FAQ, I am sure other people (such as me) would be glad to pitch in. Since there's currently no way to point someone to a FAQ, I decided to start one. and it currently contains only information related to troubleshooting scripts and working with Installer plugins. This email sent to bc(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Some kind of FAQ
by Stéphane Sudre 06 Apr '08

06 Apr '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com It's available here: http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Installer/Menu.html _______________________________________________ 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.… Since there's currently no way to point someone to a FAQ, I decided to start one. and it currently contains only information related to troubleshooting scripts and working with Installer plugins. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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