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Re: How can I put an installer plugin into a project built with PackageMaker 3.0?
by Bill Coderre 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com The older format, called "bundle packages" work just fine on 10.5.x. (The Leopard+ only format is called "flat packages".) On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Stéphane Sudre wrote: How can I add my plugin to my distribution? If you're targetting OS X 10.5, you can't. The format does not support it. If you target OS X 10.4, you will be able to add it manually (or with a script) after building your package/metapackage. If I cannot do it, how can I revert to PackageMaker 2.0 and just create the old, folder-based installation packages? (the plugin is working fine with a sample folder-style pkg). If you need plugins, use bundle packages. In PackageMaker, tell it you're targeting 10.4. You can then set rules to disallow install on less than 10.5.4, for example. _______________________________________________ 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: How can I put an installer plugin into a project built with PackageMaker 3.0?
by Stéphane Sudre 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '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.… On Jul 16, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Ian Hummel wrote: I am building an installation package on Leopard using PackageMaker 3.0.1. Currently I have one package in my Distribution, however, I would like to run an installer plugin before proceeding as normal. I have created an Installer Plugin project in X Code 3.0, the output of which is called MyPlugin.bundle, as well as the file InstallerSections.plist. I can't find any way to add my plugin into the .pkg file output from PackageMaker. I tried placing it in various locations in "Raw Editing Mode." How can I add my plugin to my distribution? If you're targetting OS X 10.5, you can't. The format does not support it. If you target OS X 10.4, you will be able to add it manually (or with a script) after building your package/metapackage. If I cannot do it, how can I revert to PackageMaker 2.0 and just create the old, folder-based installation packages? (the plugin is working fine with a sample folder-style pkg). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer destination is blank ?
by Stéphane Sudre 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '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.… On Jul 16, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Ian Hummel wrote: Do you happen to know where we can download package maker for tiger? If you have an ADC on-line account, login to the ADC Member site and in the Downloads section, you should be able to find your answer. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: License agreement installer plugin
by Stéphane Sudre 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi All, That being said, it's not impossible to write one from scratch. _______________________________________________ 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 Jul 16, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Glover,David wrote: I’m considering creating an installer plugin for a software license agreement. I basically want to copy the existing license agreement plugin, and edit it a bit to create my plugin. Is it possible to use the default license agreement plugin as a template for my plugin? AFAIK, no for multiple reasons. One being that it won't look for a EULA at a specific location. If so, where would I locate the source code for it (and any of the other default plugins that installer displays for that matter)? a) In /Developer/Examples/Mac OS X Source Code/ b) On the 3rd Install DVD c) On iTunes in the source code store section d) Nowhere This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer destination is blank ?
by JongAm Park 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=4JHM89TURNrsbDH4UrHq9OSwMI/FEjgyC0UI1n7l3OY08AK3TjjmnDrlOPB9U/NARWmHhv6X+6ORvc56+jrB7W5CyvM7dt9DonsXhOQ/yX4WQAjusa3SArKLytLagFRSJQ9AVwqBB7gYX3F1SKeTdYK17UP6lZQTHa8QZ9+DDa8= ; User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) In my case, I just used a Tiger machine. JongAm Park Do you happen to know where we can download package maker for tiger? - ian. On Jul 16, 2008, at 2:44 PM, JongAm Park wrote: Hello. _______________________________________________ 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 Xcode 2.5 can be installed on a Leopard, and its PackageMaker may be the same one to the one for the Tiger. Ian Hummel wrote: The PackageMaker came with the Xcode 3.0 also has the similar problem. If you build it targeted for the Tiger, it will be in a bundle. Then try opening its .plist file and search if destination folder is set correctly there. The PackageMaker has a lot of problems. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I prefer the PackageMaker for the Tiger more. Or it would be better to buy a 3rd party installer maker. Hope it helps. I am migrating from the old package maker to the new one so I am just getting started. I have a pretty simple installer. It installs an application, some documentation and a device driver. The problem I am having is that every time I do a build, I get the following warning for every component: Installer destination is blank. Default destination will be ³/². No matter how I set the Destination field in the PackageMaker UI, it is always cleared out when the build is executed. In fact, I don¹t even have to do a build. If I just set it, do a Save, then Quit, then double-click my PackageMaker file, the Destination field is blank. ³Allow custom location² is not checked if that affects this somehow. How do I get the Destination path to stick when I set it ? PackageMaker version is 3.0.2... Thanx - _______________________________________________ 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/ian%40themodernlife.net This email sent to ian(a)themodernlife.net This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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How can I put an installer plugin into a project built with PackageMaker 3.0?
by Ian Hummel 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com How can I add my plugin to my distribution? Thanks, - ian. _______________________________________________ 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 am building an installation package on Leopard using PackageMaker 3.0.1. Currently I have one package in my Distribution, however, I would like to run an installer plugin before proceeding as normal. I have created an Installer Plugin project in X Code 3.0, the output of which is called MyPlugin.bundle, as well as the file InstallerSections.plist. I can't find any way to add my plugin into the .pkg file output from PackageMaker. I tried placing it in various locations in "Raw Editing Mode." If I cannot do it, how can I revert to PackageMaker 2.0 and just create the old, folder-based installation packages? (the plugin is working fine with a sample folder-style pkg). This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer destination is blank ?
by Ian Hummel 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Do you happen to know where we can download package maker for tiger? - ian. On Jul 16, 2008, at 2:44 PM, JongAm Park wrote: Hello. _______________________________________________ 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/ian%40themodernlife.net _______________________________________________ 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 PackageMaker came with the Xcode 3.0 also has the similar problem. If you build it targeted for the Tiger, it will be in a bundle. Then try opening its .plist file and search if destination folder is set correctly there. The PackageMaker has a lot of problems. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I prefer the PackageMaker for the Tiger more. Or it would be better to buy a 3rd party installer maker. Hope it helps. I am migrating from the old package maker to the new one so I am just getting started. I have a pretty simple installer. It installs an application, some documentation and a device driver. The problem I am having is that every time I do a build, I get the following warning for every component: Installer destination is blank. Default destination will be ³/². No matter how I set the Destination field in the PackageMaker UI, it is always cleared out when the build is executed. In fact, I don¹t even have to do a build. If I just set it, do a Save, then Quit, then double- click my PackageMaker file, the Destination field is blank. ³Allow custom location² is not checked if that affects this somehow. How do I get the Destination path to stick when I set it ? PackageMaker version is 3.0.2... Thanx - This email sent to ian(a)themodernlife.net This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: Installer destination is blank ?
by JongAm Park 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=uomR8MDYMJ1KXnYkvKhMO3S35KI/epdp0hpcYCd26N5Vo/t8vGuauCSIvLDEvZQov/yoCezVN0Hs2ArFP1u0BdNAiYUfpzFOxNjijuQmUZ/4eKaLNDqvL2vgRWk336RE9JGsuuxWDsh+3DB0FTJ5Ybvg+VYj64Jbq+/ussfQD5w= ; User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) Hello. I am migrating from the old package maker to the new one so I am just getting started. I have a pretty simple installer. It installs an application, some documentation and a device driver. The problem I am having is that every time I do a build, I get the following warning for every component: Installer destination is blank. Default destination will be ³/². No matter how I set the Destination field in the PackageMaker UI, it is always cleared out when the build is executed. In fact, I don¹t even have to do a build. If I just set it, do a Save, then Quit, then double-click my PackageMaker file, the Destination field is blank. ³Allow custom location² is not checked if that affects this somehow. How do I get the Destination path to stick when I set it ? PackageMaker version is 3.0.2... _______________________________________________ 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 PackageMaker came with the Xcode 3.0 also has the similar problem. If you build it targeted for the Tiger, it will be in a bundle. Then try opening its .plist file and search if destination folder is set correctly there. The PackageMaker has a lot of problems. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I prefer the PackageMaker for the Tiger more. Or it would be better to buy a 3rd party installer maker. Hope it helps. Thanx - This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Installer destination is blank ?
by Jeremy Matthews 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Don't get me wrong...I love the tool, when it works. /rant -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. License agreement installer plugin (Glover,David) 2. Installer destination is blank ? (Alec Carlson) 3. Re: Installer destination is blank ? (Scott Amory) 4. Re: pkgExtrator diverting files during install; why? (Peyman Oreizy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:55:04 +0100 From: "Glover,David" <David.Glover(a)prometheanworld.com> Subject: License agreement installer plugin To: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Message-ID: <5B1328B855FA1F41B44F9598A11CFC6705A63FA5(a)Genesis.tds.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi All, I'm considering creating an installer plugin for a software license agreement. I basically want to copy the existing license agreement plugin, and edit it a bit to create my plugin. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Dave Promethean Ltd and or associated and or subsidiary companies : This e-mail is for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). Unauthorised disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. ***************************************************************** This email has been checked by the e-Sweeper Service *****************************************************************

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Re: Destination going blank!?!?
by Oliver Buerschaper 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi Scott, Thanks for your answer, Oliver _______________________________________________ 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. I'm also seeing this with PackageMaker 3.0.2 (174) and it's driving me nuts … Does someone have an idea how to work around this? I'd really appreciate any help … There is a bug on the state of this field not being saved presently. You should be able to work around it by checking the "Allow Custom Location" field but that of course turns on that option. I see. Does checking this option mean that a user will be able to choose an arbitrary destination path on their disk? In this case this hint won't work for me because my package has to be deployed to a subfolder of /usr/local … it basically contains CLI tools that need to be accessed by all users. In any case, is there a chance for this bug to be fixed soon? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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