January 2009 - Installer-dev

Re: setting status from postflight
by Bill Coderre 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Does anyone know if there's a way to set the status message from a postflight script? My script takes a little while for various reasons, so I'd like to assure the user things are still humming along. Sorry, we don't have support for that in Installer.app. On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Adam Fisk wrote: If you really want, you could create a GUI application to show progress. Yes, that's a lot of work. _______________________________________________ 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: Debugging Plugin
by Fritz Anderson 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Erik Benoist wrote: — F -- Fritz Anderson - Xcode 3 Unleashed, now in its second printing <http://x3u.manoverboard.org/> _______________________________________________ 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 getting a segfault from some code, but I have no idea how to debug it using Xcode as it[']s an InstallerPlugin. I've seen some mention to the attach feature, but I have no idea how that might work. Can someone point me in the right direction so I can actually step through some code and find out where my problem resides? I don't know if Installer.app is a special case, but the usual solution is to add a custom executable to your plug-in project, pointing it at the host application (in this case /System/Library/ CoreServices/Installer.app). Make it the active executable for your plug-in target. Set your breakpoints and run. (I'm ashamed to say I've never actually done this with Installer plug- ins, so I may be missing some detail.) This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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setting status from postflight
by Adam Fisk 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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Debugging Plugin
by Erik Benoist 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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Re: Is it ok to create a directory from a postflight script?
by Karl Kuehn 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=lIvfm6tCASSz7C0e62iBj52PU3dnBLBxVd9T/WVxBaI=; b=sdaBHAVdsL5G0uVA4+IUUgWeHpfhNmExvxIXJrv8nG4ZdQOvY9xJz+N3j/mwnkI8pG drISXAGu+SptrHeAPPVIDCyARVocVr6oK48aihwPkGBbJ/LCzjnAlQ1pdBJX15x7t0ML DBVrpYFxwJyxJqDX0ZIAJlBxDqTvGabUqke28= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=OjCdEv8UuycY5voOwjkL017b0RLkNOTLSYMXpqJFg/fPGG49RtxE8OomB7t1jWd1CF 9IwPtIBmUVfzqU0Gmve6yymTK78ie9+gr3629vfPe/l4Uvr3T9W8plrggjNh2I7yZy95 yTn9Zek40m8rhvYGyD2hm9CvEUHqdwJ7patbY= On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:41 AM, dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com wrote: mkdir /Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /bin/mkdir -p /Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /bin/mkdir -p "$3"/Library/Application\ Support/Company/target -- Karl Kuehn larkost(a)softhome.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.… I need to create a folder in /Library/Application\ Support/Company/ called 'target'. Is it ok to add the following step to the postflight script: Or, should this be in a postinstall script instead? /bin/chmod 775 Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /usr/sbin/chown root:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Company/ target postflight is fine with the command above. If at all possible I would put the directory in the package without invoking a postflight script. If you do have to use a script for some reason, I would ask that you get in the habit of always using commands that reference relative to the install target ($3): /bin/chmod 775 "$3"/Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /usr/sbin/chown root:admin "$3"/Library/Application\ Support/Company/ target I ask this because I am one of the developers of InstaDMG, and one of the problems we run into time and again is that people don't use the relative targeting and our system then installs all of the files on the target volume, but the scripts screw up and target the boot volume. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: Distribution packages and Panther
by Glover,David 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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Re: Is it ok to create a directory from a postflight script?
by dev.iceberg＠gmail.com 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding :from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=K6AwIMNDG0wFBtq0u4/DpoOe6LQPme9y0fZr+OSSB2w=; b=Th8gTzBecsceL0X2xKnhM2/7i1Lw4W2EwsPP3I1Z5Vbd6xc0uBfHn54HHgelafSnue nj2wvLNPHlL2+r3z6pCa/lsVuv5jWNG2YxqdiUJPS3j33XLaWvYDpnWmkUE/5Xk44Boa AB5aIfAMMokeZ5/a/KhhrCzNz9JIK97kd8Exs= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=XVlAVK7qSjOv93uDSpcwNqlnH/zzYx8Ip5helhbqDX0LfVqdVkmIxjB39mAJEsrGod pvgw6sN/UnFf+70o0LGXZdPNZNBZLs9HvsomGonqCet0d2+bpWmAdqWy8Q4DZm3Qeafn EQi+gj5xWx29NWB/7kUgjAbuT9p9mQDRg4JMw= On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:25 PM, OSullivan, Steven wrote: Hello all, I have a postflight script that is composed of the following steps: #!/bin/sh chmod 775 /Library/Application\ Support/Company chown root:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Company mkdir /Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /bin/mkdir -p /Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /bin/chmod 775 Library/Application\ Support/Company/target /usr/sbin/chown root:admin /Library/Application\ Support/Company/target postflight is fine with the command above. _______________________________________________ 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 need to create a folder in /Library/Application\ Support/Company/ called 'target'. Is it ok to add the following step to the postflight script: Or, should this be in a postinstall script instead? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Distribution packages and Panther
by dev.iceberg＠gmail.com 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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Re: Distribution packages and Panther
by Bill Coderre 06 Jan '09

06 Jan '09

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The source media you are installing from is damaged
by Christian Savard 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

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