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Re: validating a pkg's signature before installation?
by Stephane Sudre 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

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Re: validating a pkg's signature before installation?
by Allen Hancock 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

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validating a pkg's signature before installation?
by Allen Hancock 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

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installer ChoicesXML choiceIsSelected -1
by Jeff Johnson 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com I have an app that runs "/usr/sbin/installer -package [packagePath] -applyChoiceChangesXML [XMLPath] -target /" with a third-party package. This works fine in most cases. However, I have one user who is reporting install failure with a bizarre problem. If the user runs "/usr/sbin/installer -package [packagePath] -showChoicesXML", it gives the result -1 for choiceIsSelected: <key>choiceIdentifier</key> <string>PKG_REF_0</string> <key>choiceIsEnabled</key> <false/> <key>choiceIsSelected</key> <integer>-1</integer> <key>choiceIsVisible</key> <true/> <key>choiceSizeInKilobytes</key> <integer>0</integer> In normal cases, I see choiceIsSelected 1 rather than -1. According to the installer man page: The choiceAttribute and attributeSetting values are as follows: choiceAttribute attributeSetting Description selected 1 to select the choice, 0 to deselect it Thus, -1 should not even be a possible value. Does anyone know what might cause this strange value? The user's package file checksums are identical to my test package. -Jeff _______________________________________________ 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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Installing package choice in a custom location
by Kevin Molcard 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

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Re: Communication between Installer plugin and script
by Sanjay Rao 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

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Communication between Installer plugin and script
by Liviu Andron 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

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Re: LaunchServices.plist not wotking on 10.5
by Karthikeyan M 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '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:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=8yTG/X/qizR5iQsnbU6MZxxRNmqaUslt2TElIXgVxNY=; b=mGX9lCXDkvaiSOoDTmCoMSQb/irYXviV4loF655CLX52geM1JuaIMN4A5c+GVxYfo2 OtzBOnN+HYPaKlUIn5otbw+DOdLQZCQUv4ItdesQyfV2lizcjV3pvrdat5C4Y8X5YD8y J1iERDwn3f8QKwLILEveSrMO2AQB+IPkA0OUo= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FxDscquti64fsAPnXHAH1PFzThyaJPFEpT/PcdE+r/pba+wgIcvhx40oHheZBnM4rg Rp6upQWhmT35gyKqNauTI1OyxVa7edq8PILWFgpgmEOso2+xA9HH+Fej7ucm9fLKzyRJ D4wzwSUmDKa8Oo+DLobbaKSEe4QhLOScdJpmk= User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 Hi, Regards, Karthikeyan Hey Mr. M, Just shooting from the hip here, but have you tried a tool like fseventer, and then seeing what changes on 10.5 when you modify the behavior manually in the GUI? Allister Banks POINT www.pointconsultants.com 646.502.4708 368 Broadway Ste. 303 New York, New York 10013 On Mar 1, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Karthikeyan M wrote: Hi, I have an issue with LaunchServices for Adobe Reader. I have edited the com.apple.launchservices.plist to open all the pdf files by Adobe Reader. In 10.6, all the pdf documents opens by default with Adobe Reader but in 10.5 it open with preview. It does not open with Adobe Reader 10.5. Our requirement is to open all the pdf files by default in Adobe Reader. Is something I need to do to achieve this? Launchservices.plist:- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>LSHandlerContentType</key> <string>com.adobe.pdf</string> <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key> <string>com.adobe.reader</string> </dict> </plist> Regards, Karthikeyan M _______________________________________________ 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/karthikeyan.mac%40gmai… _______________________________________________ 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.… com.launchservices.plist is getting changed when we modify the default application. but when we edit the file its default application not changing. Is there anyway to relaunch or register the Launch services like killall command for finder? On 01/03/11 6:44 PM, Allister Banks wrote: This email sent to karthikeyan.mac(a)gmail.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: LaunchServices.plist not wotking on 10.5
by Allister Banks 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Hey Mr. M, Just shooting from the hip here, but have you tried a tool like fseventer, and then seeing what changes on 10.5 when you modify the behavior manually in the GUI? Allister Banks POINT www.pointconsultants.com 646.502.4708 368 Broadway Ste. 303 New York, New York 10013 On Mar 1, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Karthikeyan M wrote: > Hi, > > I have an issue with LaunchServices for Adobe Reader. I have edited the com.apple.launchservices.plist to open all the pdf files by Adobe Reader. In 10.6, all the pdf documents opens by default with Adobe Reader but in 10.5 it open with preview. It does not open with Adobe Reader 10.5. > > Our requirement is to open all the pdf files by default in Adobe Reader. Is something I need to do to achieve this? > > Launchservices.plist:- > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> > <plist version="1.0"> > <dict> > <key>LSHandlerContentType</key> > <string>com.adobe.pdf</string> > <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key> > <string>com.adobe.reader</string> > </dict> > </plist> > > > Regards, > Karthikeyan M _______________________________________________ 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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LaunchServices.plist not wotking on 10.5
by Karthikeyan M 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

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