September 2011 - Installer-dev

Re: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Karl Kuehn 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '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=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=8Ue0AxZm0ynk5gkVgijx7e3aZQkOTzjs7yQYhZjhaDs=; b=XPZwZo3G+W1c1U/qWbeuSxYW+6IPF0ByirROv4InrYYJV5p6xhL9qQteoa6D8n3sDF 3A9+iB4jBh2guvzWnerMdc/r+0rizrg/kREwcU6yAmK1pvV5A1rDoUrJ2duiBsL4Mege 2MkTra+pV5394wn3wGDIBRPhouV08gBzuhFuk= On Sep 5, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Per Olofsson wrote: >> If by the Macintosh Volume, you mean the Startup Disk, you just need >> to allow the package to install only on the root volume. > > And note that this package will then fail to install with DeployStudio, InstaDMG, and on NetInstall NetRestore images. Whatever dependency you have should should probably be checked with a installation check script instead. Actually, for command line installs the 'root volume only' marker is totally ignored. So InstaDMG and the others will happily install it. The problem that often occurs in cases like this is that something in the pre- or post-flight scripts assumes that / is the install location, and so gets itself in trouble. The general solution there is to make sure that pre- or post-flight scripts use the $3 input to correctly determine where things should go, and also detect that it is a command line install (the COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL environment variable) and then not do things that would be inappropriate (show dialogs, load kexts, etc). -- 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: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Per Olofsson 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AQHMa74j5ablgViVXE2imWNpibZRnJU+jjyA Thread-topic: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes 5 sep 2011 kl. 13:22 skrev Stephane Sudre: > If by the Macintosh Volume, you mean the Startup Disk, you just need > to allow the package to install only on the root volume. And note that this package will then fail to install with DeployStudio, InstaDMG, and on NetInstall NetRestore images. Whatever dependency you have should should probably be checked with a installation check script instead. -- Per Olofsson, IT-service, 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: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Stephane Sudre 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '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=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=11UUkeamM/ryLjcrRUx0hPsl09FHX/hoRo/al0qCj7g=; b=GrOzosJdlYExqcp7D44Bu8V9FfBl3ae43BVaGb02v2ZbK9DS6bmik1UJB/ax/g3HEn yDl57RJ4YpKN6BhZh9RGOo1mmBF6OxDijKb9mPHNyVYtDWeHMISKQ2hM7up85ZodxlsL jZa3Mw85Xwf3xjvhNDAA6fBG+C1u7fXMjs8Xs= On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Satyanarayana Chebrolu <satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com> wrote: > Hi, > I have an application, which is bundled in some Package. Lets say MyApp.pkg. > Now, > I need to restrict the user not to allow installing the application on other > non-Macintosh volumes during MyApp.Pkg installation. > i.e Lets say I have 2 volumes > a) Macintosh- where I have Snow Leopard got installed. > b) Movies- which has movies data. > Now during the application installation, if the user selects > “Movies” volume, the installation shouldn’t be continued further. Should > show some alert or some message to the user that you cant’ install on this > Volume. > > > I saw, iTunes is working/checking in that way. > > Please help me out of this issue. If by the Macintosh Volume, you mean the Startup Disk, you just need to allow the package to install only on the root volume. _______________________________________________ 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: Disabling Resizing mask for the Installer window
by Stephane Sudre 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '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=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=00HwwwGtblRulM7aYcSny0XS7fNW8Vzl60ASo0lJNwQ=; b=XD5JPAdTQi8B+kExTNuIUW4LCe0HsAlAZ3t4p2MLPph9l66c8zUZRxsvhAa8tyHewT nMWOveiN6lPfqq7S4BE4v1bnA7X3F6X+519sJmLATeZlDygLwYmV4YrBBZu6aXZ1H3nM az30opbz2lWdoWlFO9EtxpsXKCyYqvfmypres= On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Satyanarayana Chebrolu <satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am stuck on below 2 things. > 1. Can I disable the resizing for my application.pkg. > i.e I have an application, which is bundled in MyApp.Pkg, which is > created by “Package Maker” application. > when l double clicked on MyApp.Pkg, Installer will be opened up. > Problem here is, I don’t want resizing mask for the Installer > window. > > I saw some packages(.pkg) downloaded from the internet. > > Is there any way to disable the resizing? IIRC, this requires to use a bundle package/metapackage (target == 10.3). _______________________________________________ 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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Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Satyanarayana Chebrolu 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

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Disabling Resizing mask for the Installer window
by Satyanarayana Chebrolu 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

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Re: Packagemaker install button does nothing
by Stephane Sudre 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '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=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1y9YiIbgPWA0ItLNk0ozR0CIq5MANFM9MU1pZBHa/9I=; b=QZanVbVNuhngfZXHiwS52WicvprgoPGx4s/zKcJq+Wkmgwhgyl6hzO74l+QG3gBM1M cMYyeievU4UXDj2bE+BbqSi4QgiyD7Ab5LkZfYh/TWQim5ubCn1dDmAEuB/cllgM/lh8 cek9ESsb42MSGJOZne21p+Cz6cWyTIIuJXVU8= On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Ian Kerr <ian.g.kerr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > We have a user reporting that the Install button in our Packagemaker > installer does nothing. Normally, this button pops up a dialog > requesting administrator credentials. In this user's case, nothing > happens. The button is not greyed out, it simply does not work. The > user is running Mac OS X 10.7.1. We have been unable to reproduce the > issue on our machine running Mac OS X 10.7.1. We do not run any > custom scripts in the installer. The installer log from the user's > machine is as follows: > > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-684 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer > PROJECT:Installer-530 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Hardware: iMac8,1 @ 2.40 GHz (x > 2), 4096 MB RAM > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7.1 (11B26) > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: > TMPDIR=/var/folders/qs/f_w43cdn0bs761s0341zmrh40000gn/T/ > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: HOME=/Users/username > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: USER=username > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: LOGNAME=username > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-W2h3n7/org.x:0 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-yvGw9R/Listeners > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: > Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-FInvYf/Render > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo > Installation Log > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Opened from: /Volumes/Audio > Pluggers K-Meter/Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo.pkg > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Product archive /Volumes/Audio > Pluggers K-Meter/Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo.pkg trustLevel=100 > Aug 31 07:25:47 iMac Installer[44152]: InstallerStatusNotifications > plugin loaded > > The log does not appear to contain any errors. Our installer can be > downloaded here: > > http://www.audiopluggers.com/kmeter/AudioPluggersKMeterDemo.dmg > > Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is there any additional > information that I should collect from the user? Thank-you for your > time. On the 10.7.1++ system I tried it on, the authentication dialog appears when you click on the Install button (both for an admin and standard user) whatever destination you select. It could be a sandbox issue (there are debug logs in Lion about the sandbox not being happy with Installer.app). It might be interesting to check the system.log file and the console log. BTW, it might be a good idea to only show the standard installation mode (no customization) because the list is a bit scary for an end-user. _______________________________________________ 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: Packagemaker install button does nothing
by Greg Neagle 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com No help here, but this looks like a similar issue: http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1203882.html So I guess the next question to ask this particular user is "Do you see the same behavior with any other Installer packages?" -Greg On Sep 1, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Ian Kerr wrote: > Greetings, > > We have a user reporting that the Install button in our Packagemaker > installer does nothing. Normally, this button pops up a dialog > requesting administrator credentials. In this user's case, nothing > happens. The button is not greyed out, it simply does not work. The > user is running Mac OS X 10.7.1. We have been unable to reproduce the > issue on our machine running Mac OS X 10.7.1. We do not run any > custom scripts in the installer. The installer log from the user's > machine is as follows: > > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-684 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer > PROJECT:Installer-530 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Hardware: iMac8,1 @ 2.40 GHz (x > 2), 4096 MB RAM > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7.1 (11B26) > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: > TMPDIR=/var/folders/qs/f_w43cdn0bs761s0341zmrh40000gn/T/ > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: HOME=/Users/username > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: USER=username > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: LOGNAME=username > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-W2h3n7/org.x:0 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-yvGw9R/Listeners > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: > Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-FInvYf/Render > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0 > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo > Installation Log > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Opened from: /Volumes/Audio > Pluggers K-Meter/Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo.pkg > Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Product archive /Volumes/Audio > Pluggers K-Meter/Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo.pkg trustLevel=100 > Aug 31 07:25:47 iMac Installer[44152]: InstallerStatusNotifications > plugin loaded > > The log does not appear to contain any errors. Our installer can be > downloaded here: > > http://www.audiopluggers.com/kmeter/AudioPluggersKMeterDemo.dmg > > Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is there any additional > information that I should collect from the user? Thank-you for your > time. > > Kind regards, > --Ian > _______________________________________________ > 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/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Packagemaker install button does nothing
by Ian Kerr 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '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=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=J58q5E1+j8fyTkmxIJKs/OXq4vifO1jLMxYtV7jFs3Q=; b=W7kySaTQMNrrG1wUUFADciEQo2mqwwdrbr9B48hllyNllTCNsuqcf9cNY+Tpqy0DfF Hta3JWe48JOWRZubCquzvHrVSJNuLMY1MLo/h9EcYahVE984kgXIyZXTvibffUiZqoxK toWT009pZ816/hDze/E+6NadOBMvTDVjwfWJE= Greetings, We have a user reporting that the Install button in our Packagemaker installer does nothing. Normally, this button pops up a dialog requesting administrator credentials. In this user's case, nothing happens. The button is not greyed out, it simply does not work. The user is running Mac OS X 10.7.1. We have been unable to reproduce the issue on our machine running Mac OS X 10.7.1. We do not run any custom scripts in the installer. The installer log from the user's machine is as follows: Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-684 Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-530 Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Hardware: iMac8,1 @ 2.40 GHz (x 2), 4096 MB RAM Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.7.1 (11B26) Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/qs/f_w43cdn0bs761s0341zmrh40000gn/T/ Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: HOME=/Users/username Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: USER=username Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: LOGNAME=username Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-W2h3n7/org.x:0 Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/launch-yvGw9R/Listeners Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-FInvYf/Render Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003 Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0 Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo Installation Log Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Opened from: /Volumes/Audio Pluggers K-Meter/Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo.pkg Aug 31 07:24:49 iMac Installer[44152]: Product archive /Volumes/Audio Pluggers K-Meter/Audio Pluggers K-Meter Demo.pkg trustLevel=100 Aug 31 07:25:47 iMac Installer[44152]: InstallerStatusNotifications plugin loaded The log does not appear to contain any errors. Our installer can be downloaded here: http://www.audiopluggers.com/kmeter/AudioPluggersKMeterDemo.dmg Does anyone know why this might be happening? Is there any additional information that I should collect from the user? Thank-you for your time. Kind regards, --Ian _______________________________________________ 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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