August 2009 - Installer-dev

Help Indexer from command line?
by Brant Sears 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I found this post from 2001: http://lists.apple.com/archives/apple-help-authoring/2001/Dec/msg00022.html I would like to be able to invoke the Help Indexer application from a bash script to index the contents of my HTML help book. saying this wasn't possible. I am sort of hoping that in the past 8 years Apple might have added this feature? Also, Script Editor doesn't seem to have a dictionary for Help Indexer.app, so I'm not sure how I would invoke this from an AppleScript either. _______________________________________________ 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 to use already-built subpackages? (Disconnect between PkgMkr, SDG docs)
by Grant Erickson 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Organization: Nuovation System Designs, LLC Thread-index: Acoidu/p5JbBbEpRp0WnBIcnYMc3UA== Thread-topic: How to use already-built subpackages? (Disconnect between PkgMkr, SDG docs) User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.20.0.090605 On 8/20/09 11:06 PM, Christopher Corbell wrote: > I'm trying to create an installer with PackageMaker 3.0.3 targeting Mac OS > 10.4 and later. > > There are three different components to be installed (app, documentation, > config files). > > I started in the PackageMaker interface just having three choices each > accessing their own payload contents directly. However I got unexplained > errors, warnings and general failure getting it to work properly, so I turned > to the Software Delivery Guide, whcih suggested the way to do this is to build > and test individual packages for each component. > > So I did that, and I have three atomic packages that each contain their own > payloads for the separate components, and work perfectly on their own. I put > the three built packages in a "packages" directory and I'm trying to build a > top-level distribution pmdoc that will incorporate them into the distribution > installer. > > But now packagemaker has stumped me. Neither "Add Contents" nor "Add Package > Reference" seems to work in getting the distribution to understand what it's > supposed to do. And to my chagrin the Using PackageMaker docs have no > examples anywhere of using component subpackages as recommended by Software > Delivery Guide. > > Can anyone tell me the trick to make a pmdoc (either Distribution or > Metapackage) with PM3 that just rolls up the built subpackages in a packages > directory? Chris: I've a better suggestion. I had goals nearly identical to yours and after two days of unsuccessfully getting PM to package up my three pre-built packages in a manner that seemed reasonable and logical, I gave Stéphane Sudre's Icberg: http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Iceberg.html a try and completed the goal in five minutes. Heartily recommended. As always, YMMV; however, if PM is causing bald spots on your pate, give Iceberg a look. Regards, Grant _______________________________________________ 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: API For the install target device's Model Number
by Greg Neagle 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

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How to add a new file to an existing package
by Ben Staveley-Taylor 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks, Ben. _______________________________________________ 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.… Sorry if this is a dumb new-user question, but I've been banging my head against it all day: I have created a PackageMaker .pmdoc with the payload description I need for my product. After adding the package, I made quite a few tweaks like setting file permissions, scripts, component options etc. Now I have a new file I want to add to my product. How do I add this in to the existing Contents pane for the package? Sounds simple, but I can't figure out any way to do it other than remove the package and re- add it, in which case I lose all my customizations and have to reapply them all manually. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: API For the install target device's Model Number
by Freeman, Andrei 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

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How to use already-built subpackages? (Disconnect between PkgMkr, SDG docs)
by Christopher Corbell 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

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Re: API For the install target device's Model Number
by Bill Coderre 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

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Re: API For the install target device's Model Number
by Greg Neagle 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

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RE: API For the install target device's Model Number
by Freeman, Andrei 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

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Re: API For the install target device's Model Number
by Greg Neagle 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

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