February 2010 - Installer-dev

Re: Convert a pkg installer to a flat package installer?
by Don Montalvo 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

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Convert a pkg installer to a flat package installer?
by Don Montalvo 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

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Re: Unable to load nib file
by Iceberg-Dev 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

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:mime-version:in-reply-to :references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from :subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=TsNNV71xl6cTWep3oup2j16/IzaXGYsffgsZGbA2zaY=; b=Z1oVGpVsVZtziu/3aHscMZaRRP0lgiRrJgbzvu1549gozPGru+4aJqqKE9iIy3TgDU Pzk6jKi4BD+SyN7sxRT2e/AHXgyHpfvlOtLG/b5sdI67YjO3fnYmTkySux//yQvUL8NY OGRwTidgmNDblt6e8oSK2N0ionceOZERA7Gws= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=OuqtVP+gDnsVf6sf8b+QT6zUB+i4jqFe/UMDz1AIQBJUViCpcxkQoca6vZ/cxAaNG+ S8IXhx/PL8yNwGETRGarH8krF3IRS5bmNV/AHDWcA+3NiIg8kJou2dxdROSQ3d/jU893 mFeYTpt3zVlA7z5myH6LR10PkdAJsMVeBAfzc= On Feb 11, 2010, at 10:13 AM, FalgupanchalD FalgupanchalD wrote: Hi Is the package available somewhere? _______________________________________________ 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 am facing one issue regarding launching one application. I have made this application package in Iceberg. And I am placing all the files under the Applications/<Test> But in my Macbook 10.5.3, I am unable to launch one application under the <Test>Directory which is placed under /Applications. Though I am able to launch all other .app within this directory. By running this application under the 'MacOS' directory, 'Unable to load nib file; ,MainMenu exiting; Logout' Though the same app I am able to run from all other places. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Running an embedded .mpkg within a package
by Iceberg-Dev 12 Feb '10

12 Feb '10

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=fvyIBZxVxm1zcA43X3Q6D7r1g7CA0HvXuhNInPtqu/k=; b=VDOU39uw+Uz8ZjvMU5MdgRNioXyUv/Yi6TiAqeO/JpZ23JvNKH5CanAl+45P26F3ba nqlHy6c0wehrLcW1TqB/pKgYd57u9/UmPsRQQyFf+FbIrG2pM6j+jWjcl2vgNCcj5+kk mVcZZzqfWLG9zXFwM/r3P3rqYPF9espyGYIXE= 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=FqHKBPCNuXM3sPXFJ5LE5KfyYpbxAUuVftfEyETBFDtv/eCoRthQddwMl57vVRqAaf vnn3DDTa5I/N5bWY8zr/Yp/dRlJjSj+p0gyQljRqCnz3pFtZZH7QnA6ZpgNggoRCGBGQ NxPFpY6FSIfGKB3ABxiU4W7kiE8ctPjCZFUnc= On Feb 11, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Bob Sellon wrote: 2 reasons why it's not a good idea: There are multiple solutions to this problem: 2. You can create a new distribution using the 3rd party packages. _______________________________________________ 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 trying to create a package using PackageMaker 3.0.4(179) that installs my application but also runs a separate package that was provided by a third party which provides USB drivers (in this case FTDI USB serial drivers). I added the driver package (FTDIUSBSerialDriver.mpkg) using Project -> Add Contents. I left the Destination for / and added a Postinstall Action to open the resource: Open File - Type - Component... When it runs, it installs my app and completes with no errors but never runs the postinstall action. I checked the install.log and see that I'm getting the following error: Feb 11 10:56:52 bob-sellons-computer installd[82184]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postflight" in /private/tmp/ PKInstallSandbox.oXkPcu/Scripts/ com.thecompany.thecompanyprogram.postflight.pkg.WcZeUE Feb 11 10:56:52 bob-sellons-computer installd[82184]: ./postflight: LSGetApplicationForInfo() failed with error -10814 while trying to determine the application with bundle identifier com.thecompany.thecompanyprogram.FTDIUSBSerialDriver.pkg.ftdiusbserial drivermpkg. In the choice/package the FTDI Package Identifier is com.thecompany.thecompanyprogram.FTDIUSBSerialDriver.pkg Based on the error message "while trying to determine the application with bundle identifier" it seems like PackageKit could not figure out what type of file this is. My best guess right now is that the PackageMaker Action editor is munging the package identifier. Seems to be adding ftdiusbserialdrivermpkg to the end. With the new (?) Actions editor, i don't see a way of manually overriding this. I've tried changing the Action to opening the file in a Finder Window but get the following error: Feb 11 11:15:59 bob-sellons-computer installd[82301]: ./postflight: 29:136: execution error: Finder got an error: An error of type -10814 has occurred. (-10814) I've also tried copying the driver package into my app folder and adding it to the project. It shows up when I use the Action editor to create a new postinstall action but produces a similar error. I'm also still seeing the identifier being munged. Any suggestions would be most welcome. - this solution would not work if you are installing the components via ARD or via the command line with installer. Since you are requesting to open a package through the UI. - this solution creates a situation that may not be supported by the 3rd party package you are trying to install. For instance the $USER env might be set to root in such a case. 1. You can just provide the packages as is and provide instructions to install one package after the other. 3. You can write an application wrapper to install the packages automatically. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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RE: Running an embedded .mpkg within a package
by Bob Sellon 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

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Re: Running an embedded .mpkg within a package
by Peelman Nick 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

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Running an embedded .mpkg within a package
by Bob Sellon 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

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Unable to load nib file
by FalgupanchalD FalgupanchalD 11 Feb '10

11 Feb '10

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Re: Applications folder ownership permissions
by Rick Glaspie 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Tuesday, February 09, 2010, at 04:30PM, "Greg Neagle" <Greg.Neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> wrote: >Start by looking at the output of > >pkgutil --file-info /Applications > >To get an idea of which packages have affected it... Look especially >for any that list a uid: 99 and/or gid: 99. > >-Greg > > >On Feb 9, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Rick Glaspie wrote: > >> Unfortunately this affects over a thousand computers across multiple >> campuses. Gotta love the power of ARD and Install Packages. Any >> hope of a fix to undo the persistence of 99:99? >> Of the 50 packages installed, 3 came up with uid 99 and gid 99. The last one of which was the security update 2010-001. The various installation methods used to build the master images result in various ownership permissions being applied at the time of install; such as, use the current owner:group of the Applications folder. Adobe Creative Suite CS4 unfortunately uses this method. I know I've got some additional repair work to do once I get Applications fixed but I'm looking for a more elegant way to fix than re-running the 10.5.8 combo updater. Wait for 10.5.9? Anyone aware of a 3rd party package which would reset the ownership of Applications and ideally repair the contents w/o breaking anything? Even editing a.receiptdb wouldn't fix 3rd party installed apps would it? 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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Re: Restart action required after installing to a non-boot volume
by Greg Neagle 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Feb 9, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Qi Liu wrote: What is it exactly you are trying to accomplish? -Greg _______________________________________________ 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.… Hi all, I found an issue that even I select "Required Restart" in my package maker project, if I install the package to a non-boot volume, after the installation finishes, the supposed "Restart" button turns out to be a "Close" button, and won't restart the OS. That's normal and expected behavior. Since the OS isn't running on the non-boot volume, and you've made no changes to the boot volume, there's no reason to restart. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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