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

Re: PackageMaker 3.0 Issues
by Scott Amory 13 Jun '08

13 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Keith, On Jun 13, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Keith Duncan wrote: Scott Amory Keith _______________________________________________ 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. At present I'm not aware of any specific bugs that would be causing this but it sounds like there could be one. If you haven't already could you please file a bug report for each of the above issues with as much details to reproduce as possible? 3. It doesn't remember where I want components installed after closing and reopening the .pmdoc. Occasionally. I believe that this is a known bug in the version of PackageMaker that you are using. For the time being you should be able to work around this by enabling the "Allow custom location" option (in the package configuration tab) for the component you are trying to set an install path for. If I understood your problem correctly that should solve the problem until a fix is released. If that doesn't work for you please file a bug (and reply to this message) and we'll look into it to see if we can spot what is going on. 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? _______________________________________________ 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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PackageMaker 3.0 Issues
by Keith Duncan 13 Jun '08

13 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Keith _______________________________________________ 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? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Changing the installer reciept name
by Ron Aldrich 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jun 9, 2008, at 10:22 PM, iceberg wrote: Is it possible to change the installer reciept names which are generated by Package Maker when building a distribution package? I have a package which installs the user's guide, named "UserGuide- EN". The package identifier that was created by Package Maker for it was "com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg". The reciept that is created when the package is installed is "userguideen.pkg", which seems a bit too "vanilla". I'd like my reciepts to use the entire package identifier (i.e. com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg) so that when my uninstaller deletes them, it knows it's getting the right one. Change the name of your package? "userguideen.pkg" is probably the name of your package. Thanks for your time, Ron Aldrich Software Architects, Inc. _______________________________________________ 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 Any suggestions? >From what I can see, there is no package name as such, at least not one that's editable. Looking inside the metapackage, there is indeed a package named userguideen.pkg. I tried changing com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg to comsoftarchflashauthorityuserguideen.pkg, to see if that would solve the problem. It would appear that the package identifier is not being used to generate the package name (which seems a bit counterintuitive - what's it for, if not the name?) So, I'm guessing that PackageMaker is generating its package names using the last segment of the install path, which would be bad, because it doesn't associate a namespace with it.

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PackageMaker doesn't respect "selected"
by Jeremy Matthews 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Using the non-beta version of Xcode tools 3.0.x (downloaded from ADC). Am I missing something, or is this a known bug? Thanks, jeremy _______________________________________________ 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.… When creating a package (10.4...10.5, whatever kind) and I choose for a component NOT to be selected, packagemaker doesn't care...it totally ignores it...everything is automatically enabled and selected....not a good deal. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Modify the target path from a PackageMaker plugin?
by Michael Wu 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

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I'm still answering Installer questions at WWDC
by bc＠apple.com 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Importance: Normal User-agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 Yeah, it's a little weird, but I drove up to SF for the morning installer lab, and rather than drive back to Cupertino, I'm hanging out in Mac Lab B on the first floor of Moscone West until dinner time or so. If you are here and want to chat, stop by. If not, you can email me directly. (Note that after WWDC is over, I might tell you to ask the list in general.) _______________________________________________ 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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Search methods etc. on 10.5?
by Sher, Aaron 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcjLK5d3nu5EIZtQTAKOVl5bxh5AlA== Thread-topic: Search methods etc. on 10.5? _______________________________________________ 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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Modify the target path from a PackageMaker plugin?
by Sher, Aaron 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcjLHuyyd7sDwmU8QIutHNh63epZuA== Thread-topic: Modify the target path from a PackageMaker plugin? _______________________________________________ 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: Changing the installer reciept name
by iceberg 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com > Is it possible to change the installer reciept names which are > generated by Package Maker when building a distribution package? > > I have a package which installs the user's guide, named "UserGuide- > EN". The package identifier that was created by Package Maker for it > was "com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg". > > The reciept that is created when the package is installed is > "userguideen.pkg", which seems a bit too "vanilla". > > I'd like my reciepts to use the entire package identifier (i.e. > com.softarch.flashauthority.userguideen.pkg) so that when my > uninstaller deletes them, it knows it's getting the right one. > > Any suggestions? Change the name of your package? "userguideen.pkg" is probably the name of your package. _______________________________________________ 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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Destination going blank!?!?
by Jeremy Matthews 09 Jun '08

09 Jun '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Anyone?!?!?! Thanks, jeremy _______________________________________________ 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.… When I set a destination for a component (10.5-based install package), and save the packagemaker pmdoc, it looks fine. But, when I reopen, the "Destination" field goes blank...no matter where I set the destination to. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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