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

Re: Force Installer not to skip "Destination Select" pane.
by Scott Amory 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Scott On Jun 18, 2008, at 9:03 PM, Ismail Tabtabai wrote: Hello, Best wishes, Ismail Tabtabai _______________________________________________ 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.… Hello Ismail, If I understand what you are asking correctly you always want the Destination Select screen to always appear so that it is clear where things are going to be installed for your users. As I understand it this is not possible. The screen is set up in such a way that if there is only 1 possible choice for the installer to pick (only 1 volume meets the requirements) then the page is automatically skipped in code. I read that it is a feature to skip the "Destination Select" pane. However, I feel like making it clear to my users where they want to install the bundle am packaging. I could ignore this only if the destination is *clearly* highlighted in the next pane, i.e. "Installation Type". So, is there a way to force the installation not to skip the "Destination Select" pane? _______________________________________________ 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/samory %40apple.com This email sent to samory(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Force Installer not to skip "Destination Select" pane.
by Steven J. Vogt 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com does it work to check the box allowing relocation in packagemaker? On Jun 18, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Ismail Tabtabai wrote: Hello, Best wishes, Ismail Tabtabai _______________________________________________ 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/svogt%40gustavus.edu This email sent to svogt(a)gustavus.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.… I read that it is a feature to skip the "Destination Select" pane. However, I feel like making it clear to my users where they want to install the bundle am packaging. I could ignore this only if the destination is *clearly* highlighted in the next pane, i.e. "Installation Type". So, is there a way to force the installation not to skip the "Destination Select" pane? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: PackageMaker 3.0 Issues
by Anders Bruvik 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On 13. juni. 2008, at 12.58, Keith Duncan wrote: Kind Regards, Anders Skolseg Bruvik <a.s.bruvik(a)usit.uio.no> Server and Storage Management Group, University of Oslo _______________________________________________ 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 posting to the list to see if my issues are isolated (perhaps I am even the cause of them?) or if PackageMaker 3.0.1 is actually just incredibly buggy. 1. It forgets the owner and groups I assign to my package components. Randomly. 2. It decides that EVERYTHING should 'Require logout'. Frequently. 3. It doesn't remember where I want components installed after closing and reopening the .pmdoc. Occasionally. These make it very difficult to use as I have to check every point above for every component every time I build; just to ensure that it works. Then I have to test the package to make sure I haven't missed anything. Has anyone had a similar experience with PackageMaker 3.0? Is there something I am doing which could explain these problems? Yes, I have the first issue all the time. I haven't had the other two issues yet, as far as I can remember. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Force Installer not to skip "Destination Select" pane.
by Ismail Tabtabai 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, Best wishes, Ismail Tabtabai _______________________________________________ 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 read that it is a feature to skip the "Destination Select" pane. However, I feel like making it clear to my users where they want to install the bundle am packaging. I could ignore this only if the destination is *clearly* highlighted in the next pane, i.e. "Installation Type". So, is there a way to force the installation not to skip the "Destination Select" pane? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Current User or Computer Installation. (PackageMaker)
by Ismail Tabtabai 19 Jun '08

19 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, I guess someone must have noticed this. Best wishes, Ismail Tabtabai On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:52 PM, Ismail Tabtabai wrote: Hello, I am using leopard PackageMaker.app 3.0.1. Best wishes, Ismail Tabtabai _______________________________________________ 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/itabtabai%40mac.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.… The destination typed in PackageMaker is actually a string that would be attached to the "Destination Select" at the time of installation! I didn't think it was that easy. I've looked into the list's archive but so far I didn't find something that satisfies my criteria of installation and how to achieve it. I hope I didn't choose bad search parameters to research that in the list. Also I present my apologies in advance if the question has been answered previously. In that case I'd appreciate it if you post a link for that post. I've packaged an installation to be installed by an administrator for all users in the /Library folder. That is a very easy and intuitive setup. I must commend the engineers developing Packagemaker for that. I even quit the application of concern and restarted it during the installation process. That was easy too. Though, I wish if there was an action that would prompt the user for accepting the quit action at the time of the installation. However, I got stuck when I was trying to grant the user to choose between current account Library installation and root Library installation. I did use "$HOME/Library" and it installs in the root directory alright, but under a directory called, well you've guessed it, /$HOME/Library. I used the "~" and the same thing happened. Of course, the current user doesn't need administrator password to install in his directory, but I read that this is a glitch that will be fixed. So, is there an easy way to do such setup? Or do I have to go the preflight/postflight route with all the shell scripts? This email sent to itabtabai(a)mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Error in Leopard when install fails in InstallationCheck script.
by Jeremy Matthews 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Are you building using the GUI or via shell? -jeremy Send Installer-dev mailing list submissions to installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/installer-dev or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to installer-dev-request(a)lists.apple.com You can reach the person managing the list at installer-dev-owner(a)lists.apple.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Installer-dev digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Error in Leopard when install fails in InstallationCheck script. (Riffel, Allen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:56:25 -0700 From: "Riffel, Allen" <ARiffel(a)extensis.com> Subject: Error in Leopard when install fails in InstallationCheck script. To: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Message-ID: <1CC6CC3D96ACF0499DF6487555FE14B403C4C108(a)stampy.extnsis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Guys, Thanks in advance! Allen Riffel C.M. Engineer Extensis http://www.extensis.com/ <http://www.extensis.com/> phone: 503.274.2020 x116 email: ariffel(a)extensis.com Font and Creative Assets Management Software. Trusted by Millions. To learn more about Extensis Solutions, visit: http://www.extensis.com/en/solutions/index.jsp <http://www.extensis.com/en/solutions/index.jsp>

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Error in Leopard when install fails in InstallationCheck script.
by Riffel, Allen 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

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Error in Leopard when InstallationCheck script fails.
by Riffel, Allen 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

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Error in Leopard with InstallCheck fails
by Riffel, Allen 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

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Re: Run an application as another user not root
by Bryan S. Lee 18 Jun '08

18 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcjOAcR7htq9ek6ARCW4UZRXFPPS2AC93IEn Thread-topic: Run an application as another user not root User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.10.0.080409 _______________________________________________ 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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