April 2009 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

Re: Get Value From User?
by Iceberg-Dev 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '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=U562oG0mUqW80y1X6bkbK9hhkk909o1i9bfjjGUhbak=; b=byW4KnSqpinhXEFjlV5rIJ3uaxUZqbtbXswv9D87AMurlmrrZPXUUz8GAb8Eoq4iCn HB8aqC3t6glXiAja3RLJNm+V7JFprmgA7Jk8SPjmmFjIl1CQE5fEDSrtQc2Vcc+4ZjYH zpeWkxkyEsYzeFlypsVtTiTCWfDrq4C5mDdZs= 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=F3+n9lmwvMPd3V9C9mVKdG0urdShCxIrX6LR2W5o6QsczaEfHOCYg37gKu64a3Pdz4 xCRe1SkYvi4hd3SN852sXV58cLKJzs2SwOT41oGKMbzpmekgjpHY9yTn7+AtmVzRSMfg DT/MQDDK9SPg//pM3QnruNJjJ87aH3c6820Wg= On Apr 18, 2009, at 6:41 AM, Paul Cook wrote: _______________________________________________ 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.… Is there anyway from any kind of any Installer script (preflight, postflight, etc.) to ask the user for a value and to get that value from within a script? (Bash, Perl, AppleScript, etc.) In this case, we'd like to ask the user for a name of something. And then use that name within a script. My fear based on the answer to the recent progress question is that the answer is probably No. But this is just different enough that I thought it might be worth hoping otherwise. If you do not forget that the installation process can be performed without any kind of interaction and that you then need to have some default behavior/values for these cases, you can achieve what you're looking for by using an Installer plugin. The plugin would provide the UI for the interaction and would save the value in a file in /tmp for instance so that it can be read from your script. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: "Could not update existing receipt" error
by Paul Cook 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com loggen http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsait/admin/mac/software/index.asp fseventer http://www.fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer:start Best Wishes, Paul On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:18 AM, Rick Mann wrote: _______________________________________________ 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.… Here is a suggestion of two pieces of software for if you on anyone else is ever again in a similar situation, of trying to figure out where things go put by an installer package. (normally someone else's but works for ones that you created as well) Both will let you know what files have changed on your system. I personally find loggen to be more useful when I'm trying to monitor something where quite a few files change or a restart is required. On the other hand, fseventer is faster for when only a small number of things change. But if a lot changes, I like having the text report of loggen better. Of course, these programs will only tell you things (files & folders) that actually do change. If something should be changing, but isn't because of a permissions problem, neither program will list them. Well, I'm familiar enough with receipts to know to look in the / Library/Receipts folder for my package's recept, and remove it. Trouble is, there is no such receipt. I found a few files in / Library/Receipts/boms, but nothing in /Library/Receipts. I even had a colleague look to double-check. I also checked ~/Library/Receipts. It seems to me that something is written in the installdb DB, and I have no idea how to check that. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Get Value From User?
by Paul Cook 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks for any help, Paul _______________________________________________ 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.… Is there anyway from any kind of any Installer script (preflight, postflight, etc.) to ask the user for a value and to get that value from within a script? (Bash, Perl, AppleScript, etc.) In this case, we'd like to ask the user for a name of something. And then use that name within a script. My fear based on the answer to the recent progress question is that the answer is probably No. But this is just different enough that I thought it might be worth hoping otherwise. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Customize or suppress the Installation Type pane
by Iceberg-Dev 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '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=NEOYGOcCPqF3hBuGfEf75wPBoG5pGVYaK48PcljhMbk=; b=e4xqAqJjhdAbx6XlMe1L5mnaWrE8AoTXQPAav85b8D1MvPf1I2LtZ6AVjtqmHc0WJh QSeNjg7UiFmkRV0A4d6+tCu/zYkhoKh4Gn4L92//uHaLJl5XDda1OUSQ/2i0zUcOqUOR udVviEzEwX94CqFRia/45rZrW9gVBJ9IsYSpU= 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=gwH/gtZ4yhuBfIU2J22M/WrtTpduUGvm+nIu1F0a7Ito0bqX1pu85M36yd1Msbtu3E fiDsJNvuYhSlGcHirBFLMPEEDTGUsTmGze6w4adB2kSl01egI3pZnKAZC++RXAuFHczq wioGfJWTiMy8UfB6ByrtgevQLyOC1FZTlm6L8= On Apr 17, 2009, at 2:20 AM, Lora Lozano wrote: Hi, Officially, you can only make the following change: - always display the custom install mode - always display the easy install mode. _______________________________________________ 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.… Is there a way to either customize the Installation Type pane (to something quite different than the easy install and custom install views) or suppress it altogether? Any help would be greatly appreciated. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Customize or suppress the Installation Type pane
by lora_lozano＠filemaker.com 17 Apr '09

17 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hi, Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lora _______________________________________________ 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.… Is there a way to either customize the Installation Type pane (to something quite different than the easy install and custom install views) or suppress it altogether? This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Make the installer FAIL
by Bill Coderre 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

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Re: progress messages from postinstall/postflight scripts?
by Greg Neagle 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

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RE: Make the installer FAIL
by Francois L'Archeveque 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

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Re: Make the installer FAIL
by Scott Russell 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

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Make the installer FAIL
by Steffan A. Cline 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acm+T0jPJmsH9cXdqk+8CJwtYrUMsQ== Thread-topic: Make the installer FAIL User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.15.0.081119 Is there a way to in a preinstall script to make the installer fail? I have a custom applescript with resources I wrote that are in the resources folder. I want it to run via osascript and if the result is false to stop the install from moving forward. Is there anyway to do something like this? Return an error from the preinstall script? Thanks Steffan --------------------------------------------------------------- T E L 6 0 2 . 7 9 3 . 0 0 1 4 | F A X 6 0 2 . 9 7 1 . 1 6 9 4 Steffan A. Cline Steffan(a)ExecuChoice.net Phoenix, Az http://www.ExecuChoice.net USA AIM : SteffanC ICQ : 57234309 YAHOO : Steffan_Cline MSN : steffan(a)hldns.com GOOGLE: Steffan.Cline Lasso Partner Alliance Member --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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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