December 2009 - Installer-dev

Re: packagemaker not working
by Stephane Sudre 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '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:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=HzRcI6UbRdlCUC+bGjVYUXhJrz9z3raeju2MsORGDRg=; b=sgrAV+d+bmP5xshgJv2jwzgjKd1Jxlyrung69Cy+i/Mz4H0fydWhtm4nz5IpCKI84j T9H+MbJfiSb5cpQ47IFm9xx8aWy1IWGyvXi7LuNikeg8ljhl3OSBGOyvY816HbguSv/f axHnSYGJ2ZMtF5mkpyJ7nIlNmGnxGi8Yiydp8= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=Epat1XUfG0zRPpMrAtGc633wl8Ns/q5qu5QXFNhgWVNFwDIzILK18XyHXQpkvEBGt1 c3wEju+W1PIoB3fCKGSoqd3Z4PL9k0Z8yWxVAFIC8RQ4EYB2wTrouTIFBI7BSUjH6pmA rgrZXPU/Xy6oGZedESeODr7E04jOXH8MfqDmM= On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Bill Coderre <bc(a)apple.com> wrote: > On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Bill Appleton wrote: > > is there a definitive way to stop the relocation in the latest version > of packagemaker used from the command line? > > I wrote an email a while ago explaining how to remove the relocation info > from a package after it's built: > > Here is a shell script for "bundle" format installer packages which might > help: > > defaults write FOO.pkg/Contents/Info IFPkgFlagRelocatable -bool NO > > As for "flat" packages, you could do this: > > pkgutil --expand FOO.pkg FOO.pkgsrc > > perl -i -pe 's/relocatable\s*=\s*"true"/relocatable="false"/' > FOO.pkgsrc/PackageInfo > > pkgutil --force --flatten FOO.pkgsrc FOO.pkg > > These hacks "slam" the relocatable flag to false. Isn't the relocatable flag related to the "Allow custom location" feature (a.k.a. manual relocation of the installation path for the package) of PackageMaker? >From what I'm observing with PackageMaker on Leopard: Allow Custom Location (ON) + Components Allow Relocation (ON) => relocatable = true + <relocate> Allow Custom Location (OFF) + Components Allow Relocation (ON) => relocatable not set + <relocate> Allow Custom Location (ON) + Components Allow Relocation (OFF) => relocatable =true Allow Custom Location (OFF) + Components Allow Relocation (OFF) => relocatable not set I would tend to believe turning off automatic relocation would require to remove <locator></locator> and <relocate></relocate> sections (or use the -w/--no-relocate option of the CLI). My $0.02. _______________________________________________ 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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Sporadic hangs on hdiutil create
by Steven Chin 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

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Re: packagemaker not working
by Bill Appleton 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com hi all, if you use the new command line interface (it is easy to switch from the backwards compatibility interface) there is the option -w this turns off auto relocation and it works best, bill On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Bill Coderre <bc(a)apple.com> wrote: > On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Bill Appleton wrote: > > is there a definitive way to stop the relocation in the latest version > of packagemaker used from the command line? > > I wrote an email a while ago explaining how to remove the relocation info > from a package after it's built: > > Here is a shell script for "bundle" format installer packages which might > help: > > defaults write FOO.pkg/Contents/Info IFPkgFlagRelocatable -bool NO > > As for "flat" packages, you could do this: > > pkgutil --expand FOO.pkg FOO.pkgsrc > > perl -i -pe 's/relocatable\s*=\s*"true"/relocatable="false"/' > FOO.pkgsrc/PackageInfo > > pkgutil --force --flatten FOO.pkgsrc FOO.pkg > > These hacks "slam" the relocatable flag to false. > > They're "hacks" because they "know" the format of the bundle and flat > packages. Package Formats are not officially documented. On the other hand, > Installer.app in 10.5.5 still installs packages from 10.1 era (late 2001), > so it'll probably be a while before the hacks stop working. > > Anyway, this might be enough to get your problem solved sufficiently that > you can get back to writing software. > _______________________________________________ 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: packagemaker not working
by Bill Coderre 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

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Re: packagemaker not working
by Bill Appleton 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com thanks greg, you are right, i can make a manual package work by unchecking this flag i have now read all the posts and am trying to understand the final issues with using the command line version of packagemaker and stopping relocation is there a definitive way to stop the relocation in the latest version of packagemaker used from the command line? thanks in advance bill On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Greg Neagle <Greg.Neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> wrote: > You are probably seeing the effects of the "relocation" feature. Read the > archives of this list for more information. > > -Greg > > On Dec 30, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Bill Appleton wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> i have spent many days trying to get packagemaker to work >> >> i have the latest everything: os, xcode, packagemaker, etc >> >> first i build a package of any application in a folder (for example, >> textedit) >> >> but when i run it it just creates an empty folder with no app inside >> >> i can see that there is actually an app in the package by dropping it >> on package maker >> >> the package will not install in the applications directory or anywhere >> else >> >> i have changed the permissions over and over again, they are not >> returning warnings, etc >> >> please help, >> >> >> >> bill appleton >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/greg.neagle%40disneyan… >> >> This email sent to greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: packagemaker not working
by Greg Neagle 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -Greg On Dec 30, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Bill Appleton wrote: hi all, i have spent many days trying to get packagemaker to work i have the latest everything: os, xcode, packagemaker, etc but when i run it it just creates an empty folder with no app inside i can see that there is actually an app in the package by dropping it on package maker i have changed the permissions over and over again, they are not returning warnings, etc please help, bill appleton _______________________________________________ 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/greg.neagle%40disneyan… _______________________________________________ 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.… You are probably seeing the effects of the "relocation" feature. Read the archives of this list for more information. first i build a package of any application in a folder (for example, textedit) the package will not install in the applications directory or anywhere else This email sent to greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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packagemaker not working
by Bill Appleton 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com hi all, i have spent many days trying to get packagemaker to work i have the latest everything: os, xcode, packagemaker, etc first i build a package of any application in a folder (for example, textedit) but when i run it it just creates an empty folder with no app inside i can see that there is actually an app in the package by dropping it on package maker the package will not install in the applications directory or anywhere else i have changed the permissions over and over again, they are not returning warnings, etc please help, bill appleton _______________________________________________ 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: OSXPM or similar for Snow Leopoard
by Dr Eberhard Lisse 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Organization: Dr Eberhard W Lisse User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.0.2) Gecko/20060308 Thunderbird/1.5.0.2 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 Okaaayy... I obviously need to read up on pkgutil :-)-O greetings, and thanks, el on 12/21/09 7:41 PM Greg Neagle said the following: > You probably also need to remove the receipt: > > pkgutil --forget org.something.pkgid > > -Greg > _______________________________________________ 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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[Q] PackageMaker 3.0.4 on Snow Leopard
by JongAm Park 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

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Re: OSXPM or similar for Snow Leopoard
by Greg Neagle 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com You probably also need to remove the receipt: pkgutil --forget org.something.pkgid -Greg On Dec 19, 2009, at 5:31 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Hi, I would like to remove a package in 10.6. OSXPM doesn't work. Manually I tried removing the files via lsbom, but somehow another ("competing") package doesn't want to install, because it tells me the other one is still there. I can't find anything helpful on Google... greetings, el -- Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist el(a)lisse.NA / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell) PO Box 8421 \ / Please do NOT email to this address Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/ if it is DNS related in ANY way _______________________________________________ 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/greg.neagle%40disneyan… _______________________________________________ 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 greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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