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Re: progress messages from postinstall/postflight scripts?
by Bryan S. Lee 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

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progress messages from postinstall/postflight scripts?
by Bill Janssen 12 Apr '09

12 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I've got an installer which runs a complicated postinstall script, and I'd like to issue status messages from that script, somehow. Something that would show up where it says, "Running foobar installer script". Is there any way to do that with the Apple Installer? I can always write a Cocoa program which puts up a *different* window, but that's a complicated and confusing way to do it, IMO. Bill _______________________________________________ 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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[BUG] "Allow relocation" and Flat packages
by Stephane Sudre 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

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Re: Slip Streaming
by Karl Kuehn 10 Apr '09

10 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:cc:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=xXPIVyuBcnob1rtuSzFEDMVVJB2f63sbh4WvKNp5IwQ=; b=eOj6A5io4jBj4+BwBxRFgYJbPLvlU2HEsbKxCHy/PBSU8ZKk/evT3xMEaaQu0NO1hf OS/H//U/lNpSxpu7uayPirJLe6S6Zx7LbnsKhasS3pAx8bCkCXAH1BtTomLiyM1KFx6c wBnFd9jzLvul/1J7xQ4RlxjwL/kxLtz2gjIAI= 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=cu66SF96rKBz9TCa7aHYAHtZcuV2zC0ItCzMA9W4jFYLt8pNeqra+TJ0V5tRwu+FoH ERT0pL6BbXYTlw6R0ePLm0dBPwSgTA8jvMVdkBygS5nM81stqqhTmeAgSibyL8ypPJlg DRTvOjfI+4g1n6GkbSoRkzM7i1Q5iWQCfAh9E= On Apr 10, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: I am not sure if this question belongs here or not. My question is slip streaming. How? I can suggest two different approaches: -- 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.… To explain, I want to create a DVD that is the exact image that I want to blast on to my machines if something bad happens. I would like to keep it updated so I dont have to install a lot of updates, configure settings, etc. I have seen this done before where an install DVD was put in and it installed OS X like normal but with the other items too. Does anybody have any advice, thoughts, a reference to being able to do so? And, before it is suggested, cloning to another drive is not an option as I want to store this DVD I create in my safe deposit box at the bank. 1) Examine the gut of a .mpkg. Once you get the idea it is rather easy to add things to the end of it, and then you can add your own packages in. The hint I will give you is that on the Installer DVDs the packages are located in the /System folder (inside there it should be obvious where they are). 2) Look into InstaDMG, and more particularly InstaUp2Date. I have had a hand a writing both of them and with the exception that you are not running the installer on each computer (rather run once on a dmg), the final result seems to be the one you want. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Slip Streaming
by Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com HI All, I am not sure if this question belongs here or not. My question is slip streaming. How? -Jason _______________________________________________ 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.… To explain, I want to create a DVD that is the exact image that I want to blast on to my machines if something bad happens. I would like to keep it updated so I dont have to install a lot of updates, configure settings, etc. I have seen this done before where an install DVD was put in and it installed OS X like normal but with the other items too. Does anybody have any advice, thoughts, a reference to being able to do so? And, before it is suggested, cloning to another drive is not an option as I want to store this DVD I create in my safe deposit box at the bank. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: "Could not update existing receipt" error
by Bryan S. Lee 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

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Re: "Could not update existing receipt" error
by Rick Mann 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Ah, thanks. That's okay for us. On Apr 8, 2009, at 15:27:38, Iceberg-Dev wrote: On Apr 9, 2009, at 12:02 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.… Thanks, Andrew. This is indeed what I needed. pkgutil shows our installation, and I can remove it with pkgutil --forget. Something else I didn't realize: the .pkg file that PackageMaker.app creates is not a bundle, but a single file! I don't know what I did to get that; I don't see a setting in the UI. But that's okay, I like it. This means you selected Mac OS X 10.5 as the target. The package won't work on earlier OS versions. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: "Could not update existing receipt" error
by Iceberg-Dev 08 Apr '09

08 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=84ZKuipphqZTrCGOHoKuD5TKW1r8YbbmYUNkC8vOjGg=; b=CWrgEwML5HpPabTyW3/nHqcAYvzZfaidzINpP8UYo5rkBmr8OgbUpKeNoveGCyUksC Nk6Z4KkMjzAzUNbzzhMO977Cx4leuZ+2wuteRiQtRsLj0UavG4kj2C+qTp7uqr8Dw4wZ 7vThhdg1ccaSp4jXH5cp08SQ3In6aeOozmMhU= 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=Q0gHC2SMBYC0RREdvSxsdX3mEaq861mV+lkJ8NlKyvL8pbk/E3WmaMN0BFjbQ0viPb 1Szkg5PoN/pptBtwf4rQKAyhgx00wNZvx8ukcyCA0TvdZbvJaUOGxa+7o7fuzmlDLywW oO4AJZ7nIkma8VO9ObU/0GD9imRLrHtv43tm4= On Apr 9, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Rick Mann wrote: Thanks, Andrew. This is indeed what I needed. pkgutil shows our installation, and I can remove it with pkgutil --forget. Something else I didn't realize: the .pkg file that PackageMaker.app creates is not a bundle, but a single file! I don't know what I did to get that; I don't see a setting in the UI. But that's okay, I like it. This means you selected Mac OS X 10.5 as the target. The package won't work on earlier OS versions. _______________________________________________ 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: "Could not update existing receipt" error
by Rick Mann 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Apr 7, 2009, at 00:37:32, Andrew Strotheide wrote: Rick, Andrew On Apr 6, 2009, at 23:11:28, Andrew Strotheide wrote: Rick, Andrew Is there a way? -- Rick _______________________________________________ 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/strotheide%40google.com This email sent to strotheide(a)google.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.… Thanks, Andrew. This is indeed what I needed. pkgutil shows our installation, and I can remove it with pkgutil --forget. Something else I didn't realize: the .pkg file that PackageMaker.app creates is not a bundle, but a single file! I don't know what I did to get that; I don't see a setting in the UI. But that's okay, I like it. After removing the old DB receipt, and re-running my installer, I still don't have a file in /Library/Receipts, but there is a new entry in the receipts DB. If you believe you need to modify the installdb, take a look at pkgutil on 10.5+ (man pkgutil). On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Rick Mann <rmann(a)latencyzero.com> wrote: 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. You will see this error any time you try to re-run your new installer (with admin auth disabled). The UID used when the package was installed before is 0 (root), but the current user has a different uid, which means the receipt cannot be overwritten because the new user does not have ownership. It sounds like you're unfamiliar with receipts. Every time you install a package, the "receipt" for that package is placed in / Library/Receipts. If you go to that folder directly, I expect you're going to find a file with the exact name of the package you are developing. You may safely remove that file if you want your installer to behave as if it has never executed before. Obviously though, if you've released this package previously under the same name, your users would have this problem also, so you would need to take action to prevent that, perhaps by renaming the package. On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Rick Mann <rmann(a)latencyzero.com> wrote: We're trying alternatives to our ridiculous install requirements. I'm trying to see if an admin user can install a sys prefs pane without being prompted for a password. When I unchecked the "Require admin authentication", and tried to install our prefs pane, but since I've installed before, I get this: 4/6/09 17:11:22 installdb[43006] Error: Could not update existing receipt using uid=501 as the prior owner is uid=0 Now, I can't find a receipt anywhere, so I don't know how to remove this. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Admin Authorization?
by Iceberg-Dev 07 Apr '09

07 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=o2NZQ+yrDHpSPoHosfx0mPBr8gQqpnG9kGFSmDI+xpc=; b=ST2HNoz4vbsa0nZmNojf5jWpU0C9HX1koS1i4ZJSkNSf28eYuYCjYcUJ5YxZkRQxUW iOeDPiT0q5OPG4S5rA3yraxjOqz0n3TeSy2KTAnJ0248K9HIE5sY5Cdco76IUm4CQ4Zi 8g+vV+l9jpPS7J59jIP5SF3fQbfLGPTJb45N4= 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=Se4jESmhrPJLtNX5mIy93DKihms3Ymw+vtRCa9rpEXcJzvhtKUt0UlWbuCD784Tugu 9f2HLgRaRO5bVFTyV65Y8hN/41ned02n+m5Uq4K+vrPMcIUuT2n5OpGpIhvXz6BPGyOL kHPG+TYuHulT9oeEu0l6r2PJKrYkUo6yqjgUg= This is a quote from the archive: None has always meant that installation proceeds as the logged in user. The Security Update referred above is "Security Update 2006-007". http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24494?viewlocale=en_US On Apr 7, 2009, at 3:14 AM, Rick Mann wrote: ------- Looking at this document: http://developer.apple.com/tools/installerpolicy.html And why is this doc so out of date? TIA, Rick _______________________________________________ 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 installer has three possible authentication modes: Root, Admin, & None. Root has always meant that everyone will be asked for a valid admin account & password. Installation proceeds as the root user. Admin has previously meant that _non admins_ will be asked for a valid admin account and password. Admin users were not asked for a password. Installation proceeds as the root user. As of the latest security update, the "Admin" authentication mode now asks all users for a valid admin account and password. Installation proceeds as the root user. This means that "Admin" authorization mode now produces the same installer behavior as "Root". Yes, they both still exist as valid flags, but they are now equivalent. This will affect existing installer packages by requiring an admin password in some situations where previously one was not required. The actual installation process once started remains the same. [...] " I just realized, it seems Leopard offers *only* Admin authentication. However, I am always prompted, even though I am already an admin user. Is there a way to reduce the need to be prompted? I see that what we would like to have used to be available. That is, if the user is already an admin, we don't want them to have to authenticate. Is this no longer available, why? _______________________________________________ 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/dev.iceberg% 40gmail.com This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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