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Re: insufferable PackageMaker permissions defects
by Karl Kuehn 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com On Jun 14, 2010, at 4:23 AM, Nick Peelman wrote: > The way I have always done it is with an InstallationCheck script. simply call `sw_vers -productVersion` to get the OS version. Note that that call will get you the OS of the boot volume, not the target volume. A better solution would be to use a line like this: /usr/bin/defaults read "$3/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion" ProductVersion This will get you the same result, but will work even in systems like InstaDMG or SIU. -- 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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: insufferable PackageMaker permissions defects
by Xochitl Lunde 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.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 <installer-dev-bounces+xochitl_lunde=tripplite.com(a)lists.apple.com> wrote on 06/11/2010 08:22:29 PM: > Am I overlooking something, or is this thing just hopelessly > broken? This is the substance of my bug report. If anyone has any > insights on this, I'd love to hear them. Thanks. > > SUMMARY > When a PackageMaker project specifies the creation of a directory > structure, the directories are assigned nonsensical and inaccessible > owners and permissions. > > STEPS TO REPRODUCE > > Create a PackageMaker project that calls for a file to be deposited > several directories below one that exists on the target volume. Do > something like what our project is trying to do, as follows. > > A path that's guaranteed to exist when the latest Final Cut Studio > is installed is > > /Library > Application Support > ProApps > > Our installer is set up to put OUR.PlugIn in > > /Library > Application Support > ProApps > MIO > RAD > PlugIns > > When we build our PackageMaker project, the OUR.PlugIn file is > sitting in the directory that holds our PackageMaker project; it's > not sitting under a dummy directory structure that mirrors the > structure on the destination. The documentation shows that what > we're doing is correct (although the documentation is missing half > of PackageMaker's UI and functionality). > > The destination path for OUR.PlugIn in PackageMaker is > /Library/Application Support/ProApps/MIO/RAD/PlugIns > > The owner and group for our payload files are set to root:admin in > PackageMaker. > > EXPECTED RESULTS > The installer must create the MIO, RAD, and PlugIns directories. I > would expect them to inherit the permissions of the parent (ProApps) > directory. Failing that, I would expect them to inherit the > permissions of the payload that's being delivered (OUR.PlugIn). At > the very, very least I'd expect them all to have the same owners and > permissions. > > ACTUAL RESULTS > The intermediate directories are created with incorrect, differing, > and in one case inaccessible permissions. Here's how they wind up: > > ProApps (root / admin; root:read/write admin:read/write, everyone:read only) > MIO (root / wheel; root: read/write, wheel:read only, everyone: read only) > RAD (root / wheel; root: read/write, wheel:read only, > everyone: read only) > PlugIns (ME / wheel; ME: read/write, EVERYONE: NO ACCESS) > OUR.PlugIn (root / admin; root:read/write admin: > read/write, everyone: read only) > > As you can see, the payload directory itself has the correct > permissions, but all the parent levels between it and the target > directory ARE WRONG. > > THIS BREAKS OUR APPLICATION. _______________________________________________ > 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/xochitl_lunde% > 40tripplite.com > > This email sent to xochitl_lunde(a)tripplite.com

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Re: insufferable PackageMaker permissions defects
by Nick Peelman 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

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Re: insufferable PackageMaker permissions defects
by G S 14 Jun '10

14 Jun '10

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insufferable PackageMaker permissions defects
by G S 12 Jun '10

12 Jun '10

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Re: Ugh, PackageMaker woes.
by G S 11 Jun '10

11 Jun '10

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Re: Ugh, PackageMaker woes.
by Stephane Sudre 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '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:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=sAbaPVO185vb9ZTtuKUBG4SQIuMZlprsklbSqxEJio4=; b=Wt9qYcPb312Pg8qiuviu9EAX2Uaf8VSZdWWMEwiYp5v0DbH90Z1P/vDrPkbLtRQios 5OxfBXBbQCBaTNOdq6uxuLdqeMj6+MdapbGJXNK10c9BVNycd2V063D/rGxOmFjBZQaC iDvl9HO/n/uHSGQYKBAQnC8eDcst+hIWtszVA= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ITYWupKbjoneQi0vuLRyKBMcH2eI3UisusRg9XT1YFYTrwhEGY/+qLsTNoqsjkLrGn IqtRkVnmmGykBilJm7IO4CRRMnWdU2oMQS8Z+hb0u9FLrvkyfWwHVILdXpNWtfxw21qc ettX/ADQE3/x9TpP920/4fm7AYobQZwn++qEc= On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:38 AM, G S <stokestack(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. Someone just referred me to this list. I'm having two major > problems with my simple PackageMaker project at the moment. You may have > heard them before. > > 1. The mpkg just isn't overwriting two of the three things it's supposed to > be overwriting, and I don't get any error message. I can't see any > permission problem. For example, I'm trying to install a component in > /Library/QuickTime, and the older one never gets overwritten. The weird > thing is that another package that does work is being written to > /Library/Frameworks, so it's not a blockage on everything under /Library > (and I am prompting for administrative password for the installer). > > After many gyrations and experiments, I discovered the (as far as I can tell > undocumented) context menu on the packages, which offers an option to > override the target directories' permissions. That doesn't help. This option would just use the permissions defined in your payload if the directory happened to exist both on disk and in your payload. >I also > experimented to determine how the "apply recommendations" option works for > setting permissions of package contents (which also seems to be > undocumented), and that didn't help either. > > If I delete the files that are supposed to be overwritten before running the > installer, everything goes into the right place. So this is not a relocation issue. 2 questions: - Which OS version? - How do you check that the new files are correctly installed? Finder Info Window? _______________________________________________ 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: Uncompressed archive in package?
by Stephane Sudre 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

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Uncompressed archive in package?
by Nathan Herring 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I'm assisting creating a hybrid installer DVD image. The idea is that there will be a directory of content on the disk (probably hidden in the UI) that needs to get installed. I don't want to actually build a compressed archive inside a .pkg file, but one with just the .bom and a pointer to the actual directory of files sitting there on disk. (This so that the Windows side can access the same set of files.) My memory is fallible, but I thought that there was a way to build a .pkg in this fashion. The current Software Delivery Guide has no mention of such things. Package Maker seems to only have a way to refer to external .pkg files so they don't have to be included in the top-level .mpkg. The man page for packagemaker(1) refers to the backwards-compatibility mode -u flag, but it seems to just create a .pax file that is gigantic. Am I misremembering, or is this just not possible? -nh _______________________________________________ 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: Pre/Post upgrade scripts in flat packages
by Glover,David 10 Jun '10

10 Jun '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acr4yBtOS1DSChq5QOmK7T9HB3FetwP6Vi6A Thread-topic: Pre/Post upgrade scripts in flat 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.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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