February 2010 - Installer-dev

Re: IFPkgBuildVersion and IFPkgFormatVersion
by Iceberg-Dev 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

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Re: Directory creation and permissions
by Greg Neagle 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com -Greg On Feb 22, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Dan Spirlock wrote: Hello, /Library/Documentation/<CompanyName>/<ProductName> Does anyone have any tips on getting this working correctly? Thanks in advance, _______________________________________________ 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.… Shouldn't the install path be "/Library/Documentation", with ./ CompanyName/ProductName as part of the payload? Then you could set the owner, group, and mode in the payload. I'm using PackageMaker 3.0.3 in OS 10.5. I'm running into a weird issue with our installers and wondered if it is normal behavior. I'm creating a metapacakge that contains several packages. One particular package has its destination set to a path that would result in a directory being created on the target machine during installation, like this: Where <CompanyName> and <ProductName> contain hardcoded values. What I'm finding is that when the installer is run, and these directories are created in the Documentation folder, the <ProductName> directory has it's owner set to the user id of the user that created the package. Obviously, this user id has no meaning on any machine other than the one that authored the package. The result is that the created directory is inaccessible. The owner is set to "_unknown" and the permissions are rw-----. The actual files installed within the created directory have their permissions set correctly. I know that I can easily fix this with a postinstall script, but this seems like I'm doing something wrong when authoring the metapackage. I don't see any way to set the permissions of the directory in packagemaker. Dan Spirlock BIAS http://www.bias-inc.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/greg.neagle%40disneyan… This email sent to greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Directory creation and permissions
by Dan Spirlock 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hello, I'm using PackageMaker 3.0.3 in OS 10.5. I'm running into a weird issue with our installers and wondered if it is normal behavior. I'm creating a metapacakge that contains several packages. One particular package has its destination set to a path that would result in a directory being created on the target machine during installation, like this: /Library/Documentation/<CompanyName>/<ProductName> Where <CompanyName> and <ProductName> contain hardcoded values. What I'm finding is that when the installer is run, and these directories are created in the Documentation folder, the <ProductName> directory has it's owner set to the user id of the user that created the package. Obviously, this user id has no meaning on any machine other than the one that authored the package. The result is that the created directory is inaccessible. The owner is set to "_unknown" and the permissions are rw-----. The actual files installed within the created directory have their permissions set correctly. I know that I can easily fix this with a postinstall script, but this seems like I'm doing something wrong when authoring the metapackage. I don't see any way to set the permissions of the directory in packagemaker. Does anyone have any tips on getting this working correctly? Thanks in advance, Dan Spirlock BIAS http://www.bias-inc.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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IFPkgBuildVersion and IFPkgFormatVersion
by Adam Peck 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acqz8CNP6OhIt1VITcqsmd+09HyFHg== Thread-topic: IFPkgBuildVersion and IFPkgFormatVersion Hi all, I know what most of the values in a Info.plist for a package are but there are two I am not sure and I was hoping someone could help me out or point me to some documentation if some exists (long shot I know). The two values are: IFPkgFormatVersion IFPkgBuildVersion Thanks! _______________________________________________ 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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IFPkgBuildVersion and IFPkgFormatVersion
by Adam Peck 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcqzyyGsmWikxaMDSuqruUJue58X1QAH4IWA Thread-topic: IFPkgBuildVersion and IFPkgFormatVersion _______________________________________________ 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: add-on installers
by Iceberg-Dev 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

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Re: add-on installers
by sakshi 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

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Re: add-on installers
by sakshi 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

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Re: Restart action required after installing to a non-boot volume
by Iceberg-Dev 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

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Re: Restart action required after installing to a non-boot volume
by Qi Liu 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

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