February 2011 - Installer-dev

Re: creating pkg without PackageMaker
by Greg Neagle 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com It does, or can alternately use Iceberg. -Greg On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Herrington_Hasaan wrote: > Absolute Manage InstallEase is another packaging suite, unaware if it uses the packagemaker binary. > -- > Hasaan Herrington > Technical Support II > Information Technology > Anchorage School District > 1602 Hillcrest Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, 99517 > > > > > On 2/28/11 12:39 PM, "Greg Neagle" <Greg.Neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> wrote: > > But The Luggage still requires (and uses) the packagemaker binary. > > (So does Composer). > > The only packaging tools that don't use packagemaker at some level seem to be Iceberg and Packages. > > -Greg > > On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Rusty Myers wrote: > > > Are you looking for articles on alternate software like Composer, The Luggage, or Iceberg? Googling their names shows a few. > > I would invest the time in The Luggage if I was choosing. > > On Feb 28, 2011 2:56 PM, "Jeremy Matthews" <jeremymatthews(a)mac.com> wrote: >> Are there any good articles about creating a package without using packagemaker (or the binary)? >> >> Thanks, >> j > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > 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/herrington_hasaan%40as… > > This email sent to herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org _______________________________________________ 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: creating pkg without PackageMaker
by Herrington_Hasaan 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AQHL14GfDFFkrIFspEKYky9sxm98MJQYBZMAgAACHgD//2yEAA== Thread-topic: creating pkg without PackageMaker User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/13.6.0.100712 Absolute Manage InstallEase is another packaging suite, unaware if it uses the packagemaker binary. -- Hasaan Herrington Technical Support II Information Technology Anchorage School District 1602 Hillcrest Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, 99517 On 2/28/11 12:39 PM, "Greg Neagle" <Greg.Neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> wrote: But The Luggage still requires (and uses) the packagemaker binary. (So does Composer). The only packaging tools that don't use packagemaker at some level seem to be Iceberg and Packages. -Greg On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:31 PM, Rusty Myers wrote: Are you looking for articles on alternate software like Composer, The Luggage, or Iceberg? Googling their names shows a few. I would invest the time in The Luggage if I was choosing. On Feb 28, 2011 2:56 PM, "Jeremy Matthews" <jeremymatthews(a)mac.com> wrote: > Are there any good articles about creating a package without using packagemaker (or the binary)? > > Thanks, > j _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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/herrington_hasaan%40as… This email sent to herrington_hasaan(a)asdk12.org _______________________________________________ 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: creating pkg without PackageMaker
by Greg Neagle 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

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Re: creating pkg without PackageMaker
by Rusty Myers 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

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creating pkg without PackageMaker
by Jeremy Matthews 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

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by Thomas Berglund 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

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Re: FlightCheck like tool for packaging?
by Per Olofsson 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AQHL0G87ZeJA7QhIkkCBXmVPQVTAC5QKEyAA Thread-topic: FlightCheck like tool for packaging? 19 feb 2011 kl. 20.56 skrev Don Montalvo: > We work with so many techs that we want to be able to provide them > with a tool to validate the pkg. Ideally such a tool would allow us to > set criteria. That would be extremely useful, but unfortunately I'm not aware of anything of the sort. Even a tool that helps with manual inspection would be good (as PackageMaker frequently lies to you if you drag and drop a .pkg on it, and Pacifist only deals with the payload contents). Stephane, how about a PkgLint based on Cong (which is really neat! :)? -- Per Olofsson System Administrator, ITS, University of Gothenburg _______________________________________________ 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: About Mac App Store packages
by David Buxton 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Bad hacker, no cookie. Also 30% off your cookie if you had it. David B. On 19 Feb 2011, at 22:36, Iceberg-Dev wrote: > Just out of curiosity: > > Is there any valid technical reason why it is forbidden to build packages for the Mac App Store with a tool not made by Apple? > > Because as far as I can tell, there's nothing very special about them if you ignore the invalid use of installer-gui-script and the (useless?) redundancy of the bundle-version data in both the distribution script and package info. _______________________________________________ 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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About Mac App Store packages
by Iceberg-Dev 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

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FlightCheck like tool for packaging?
by Don Montalvo 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

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:references:from:in-reply-to:mime-version:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=2DWFOQMTExb2B365XfOImDhHPa8pzKCbaazf3H7tc4c=; b=lWbmGyGO/dSuUvBIbHa++VxMk9i6Cy95DdOrLwdheJznmMKZgSLD3MtUyylQXCdXy1 RFVDDDX4Y/sGTDd4aRuB+iQ68Tyg+8PVg0RgXnLhg5unxUmUybKCGcpu9YoG467cZBub gTOEZrKtN3kd5DE/euqNVYTcKp8tbsk4lJ5AE= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:from:in-reply-to:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=rInnwKeiRid2XSrtx/H+NxHhGfkGP1mWzYnL6p1xdy1tqOz23czKOsA8ALlTeIs0pw aNuB4JJeReY+/UEjujDzlXrD9EiXw07ZY/FXvcws5k5kzDrfqXI98pESj7Jl0izFXNUm GxKngj4kdc8AJPRe4k+uvLGkFFHEy6nF3f668= Is there a tool available where we can QC or flight check a pkg installer? In the publishing field we use MarkzWare FlightCheck, which let's you check an inDesign or QuarkXPress document against a vast number of criteria before going to output. We work with so many techs that we want to be able to provide them with a tool to validate the pkg. Ideally such a tool would allow us to set criteria. For example ability to set a flag for embedded AppleScripts that toss up modal dialog boxes ala the Citrix installerfrom hell: http://donmontalvo.com/citrix/installer-from-hell.jpg And like checking for script syntax, etc...any ideas? Thanks, Don *** Sent from my iPhone *** _______________________________________________ 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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