September 2009 - Installer-dev

RE: How to remove 'Select Destination' step in iceberg?
by Glover,David 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

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RE: How to remove 'Select Destination' step in iceberg?
by Glover,David 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

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How to remove 'Select Destination' step in iceberg?
by FalgupanchalD FalgupanchalD 14 Sep '09

14 Sep '09

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Problems creating a metapackage for installing on Mac OS X 10.6.
by Ron Aldrich 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, I'm running into two separate problems. Thanks for your time, Ron Aldrich Software Architects, Inc. _______________________________________________ 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 currently upgrading one of our products for Snow Leopard, and have run into some problems with PackageMaker. I create a set of six installer packages (.pkg), each of which installs a component of the product. Each of these packages installs correctly when used separately. I am then trying to combine these six packages into a single metapackage. (Minimum target is Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger). This is where things all fall apart. First, when PackageMaker combines the files into a metapackage, the owners and groups are for the components are being modified (Not a good thing for kernel extensions and printer drivers). However, since I added the subpackages to the metapackage using "Add Package Reference", there is nowhere for me to edit the users and groups. Second, If I add the subpackages to the metapackage using drag and drop, everything works fine until I save and re-open the .pmdoc. At that point, PackageMaker rearranges the files, and separates the subpackages from their choices, which results in a broken and useless .pmdoc. (Note that PackageMaker on 10.5 doesn't have this problem, but I still am unable to get it to set users and groups correctly.) Can anyone shed some light on this? It doesn't seem as though I'm doing anything particularly out of the ordinary here, so I would have expected this to all have just worked. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: How to localize distribution package's requirements message
by Ben Staveley-Taylor 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Organization: Oracle Thread-index: AcoyNLuQdtyqT8VSQnO9J+dy0F3hoAAgGZ4g Thanks for pointing out the potential problem with .psd format backgrounds. I will change to a tiff. The fact that background.psd is in each of the localized project resource directories is down to PackageMaker. When you do Edit Interface, you have to re-specify the background file with each localization (as far as I can see) so it leads to this duplication. Since my original post I have switched to authoring with Iceberg, which does allow you to have a single non-localized background image, so this problem is fixed. Thanks, Ben. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Coderre [mailto:bc@apple.com] Sent: Thu 10 September 2009 17:35 To: Ben Staveley-Taylor Cc: Iceberg-Dev; installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: How to localize distribution package's requirements message On Sep 9, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Ben Staveley-Taylor wrote: > MyInstaller.mpkg > Contents > distribution.dist > Packages > MyPackage.pkg > Resources > en.lproj > background.psd > Localizable.strings > fr.lproj > background.psd > Localizable.strings > (... etc for other languages) Just wanted to point out that: 1) psd pictures are not compatible with older OS versions. Stephane would know better than I, but Apple likes to use compressed tiff files with transparency. 2) Resources which are not localized (such as background pictures) can go in the Resources folder, not the localized folder. This will save some download size. For instance, like this: > MyInstaller.mpkg > Contents > distribution.dist > Packages > MyPackage.pkg > Resources > background.tif > en.lproj > Localizable.strings > fr.lproj > Localizable.strings > (... etc for other languages) _______________________________________________ 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: Installer fails under 10.6
by Kevin Brock 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

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Re: Installer fails under 10.6
by Bill Coderre 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

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Re: Installer fails under 10.6
by Kevin Brock 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) Yep. Same experience here. Works fine with 10.5, broken on 10.6 Kevin _______________________________________________ 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.… andy knasinski wrote: Our installer is failing with an "unknown installation error occurred." under 10.6 with a certificate signed by godaddy. 10.6 doesn't appear to have the signing roots installed. We had an identical problem with signing certs signed by Verisign and Thawte. Once we manually downloaded and installed the Verisign & Thawte code signing CA certs it worked. It looks like we'll need to ship unsigned installers for a while, 'cause we can't ask customers to go through the manual install, and SL simply doesn't work in that area. checking the log, it is throwing a "failed install preflight: error domain=pkinstallerrordomain code=102 userinfo=0x19s1ca80 "the package "nrgship" is untrusted." with some additional debug stuff Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-2147409622 UserInfo=0x100304660" CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED I can run the installer just find on 10.5 - i verified the installer certificate, etc. I posted an earlier email to the list about this (a few days back) and there's been an absolutely deafening silence. I pointed out to our marketing people that Apple's Safari, iTunes and iWork installers aren't signed, and they decided it wasn't a vital feature after all... This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: How to localize distribution package's requirements message
by Bill Coderre 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com MyInstaller.mpkg Contents distribution.dist Packages MyPackage.pkg Resources en.lproj background.psd Localizable.strings fr.lproj background.psd Localizable.strings (... etc for other languages) MyInstaller.mpkg Contents distribution.dist Packages MyPackage.pkg Resources background.tif en.lproj Localizable.strings fr.lproj Localizable.strings (... etc for other languages) _______________________________________________ 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.… On Sep 9, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Ben Staveley-Taylor wrote: Just wanted to point out that: 1) psd pictures are not compatible with older OS versions. Stephane would know better than I, but Apple likes to use compressed tiff files with transparency. 2) Resources which are not localized (such as background pictures) can go in the Resources folder, not the localized folder. This will save some download size. For instance, like this: This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: How to localize distribution package's requirements message
by Glover,David 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acox8sVDGi6sZ7roSISJkyP2X6vaNAAMT2kQ Thread-topic: How to localize distribution package's requirements message You might find it easier to create the .mpkg once, and then just update and amend your .dist script manually after that. You can create the .pkg(s) individually using Iceberg/PackageMaker, and then copy them into the Packages folder in your .mpkg. -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+david.glover=prometheanworld.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+david.glover=prometheanworld.com@lists.app le.com] On Behalf Of Ben Staveley-Taylor Sent: 10 September 2009 09:44 To: Iceberg-Dev Cc: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: How to localize distribution package's requirements message Thanks again for your reply. I can see how the distribution.dist script should look now (and I've taken a look at the one Apple use in the iWork Trial installer). I'm just puzzled how you are supposed to author it. If I enter system.localizedString('MY_KEY_MESSAGE') in PackageMaker's Requirements Failure Message field, that gets quoted in the script as my.result.message = 'system.localizedString(\'MY_KEY_MESSAGE\')'; so again it appears literally in the alert instead of being processed as a script command. I can only surmise that to get this to work you have to manually author your distribution.dist file and then replace (or merge it with) the one that PackageMaker generates. It's all just too troublesome and error-prone, IMO. Fortunately I am only installing a single package, so I can fall back to the deprecated InstallationCheck script and its InstallationCheck.strings localization file. That seems to do what I need, so I'm happy. Coupled with other PackageMaker deficiencies -- specifically that it keeps silently re-enabling my "Allow Relocation" component settings and thus building an installer that puts files in the wrong places -- I'm going to use Iceberg as my authoring tool. I've already got a more reliable installer out of Iceberg in a day than I had in a week with PackageMaker. I'd definitely recommend it. -- Ben. On 9 Sep 2009, at 21:59, Iceberg-Dev wrote: >> > > I just forgot to mention that you need to call a JavaScript method. > > my.result.title = system.localizedString('MY_KEY_TITLE'); > > my.result.message = system.localizedString('MY_KEY_MESSAGE'); > > > mea culpa > _______________________________________________ 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/david.glover%40prom etheanworld.com This email sent to david.glover(a)prometheanworld.com Promethean Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1308938 and VAT number GB 572 2599 18 ______________________________________________ Promethean Ltd and or associated and or subsidiary companies : The views expressed in this communication may not necessarily be the views held by Promethean Ltd and or associated and or subsidiary companies. This e-mail is for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). Unauthorised disclosure, copying or distribution is prohibited. This e-mail message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. Promethean Ltd and or associated and or subsidiary companies accepts no liability for any loss resulting from this email transmission. Promethean, Promethean House, Lower Philips Road, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 5TH, UK. Please update your records accordingly. Thank you! _______________________________________________ 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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