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Requiring restart in component package using pkgbuild
by Edward Waxler 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

I'm updating some build scripts to use pkgbuild instead of PackageMaker, but I'm not seeing an option to require restarts on a component package. In PackageMaker, requiring a restart could be done using either of the following two methods: - (Legacy compatibility mode) In the Info.plist, set IFPkgFlagRestartAction to RequiredRestart. - In the PackageInfo file, set pkg-info>postinstall-action to restart. I don't see any similar options for pkgbuild or its component package plist. I understand that, when we build our distribution using productbuild, we can choose to require a restart on a per-package basis using the distribution file's pkg-ref>onConclusion key. But is this the only way to do this now (without using PackageMaker)? If so, I'm wondering why this requirement was moved out of the component packages and into the distribution that depends on them. In my mind, the component packages remained more modular when they could specify their own requirements. Thanks in advance, Ed _______________________________________________ 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: https://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: Selectively displaying Installerpane at runtime.
by Stephane Sudre 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 12:47 PM, sanmukh k <i.sanmukh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have written an installerplugin to show a custom pane in the pkg > installer. I want to display the pane only during first install and hide it > when upgrading. I know how to find out if the package has already been > installed or not but I am not able to figure out the logic of showing/hiding > the installerpane based on a runtime decision. > > One method I could think of is that the installerplugin contains an > Installersection outlet called parentSection. And installersection class has > a function shouldload whose return value decides whether the section should > be loaded or not. And this article: > http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.06/InstallerPlugins/index… > mentions that the installersection methods can be overloaded. But I am > unable to think of a way to overload the functions as parentSection is just > an object inside the installerpane class. I don't know of any official way to hide a plugin once it's there. But you can skip the step by moving to the next/previous step (in most cases) when you are supposed to continue or go back to your installer plugin step./pane. _______________________________________________ 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: https://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: Flat package installer-plug in permissions issue
by Stephane Sudre 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Tony Zepeda <tony_zepeda(a)filemaker.com> wrote: > Hi, > Since a digital signature is now required for 10.8 PackageMaker installers, I've converted a PackageMaker bundle installer in to its flat-file equivalent. The flat-file equivalent mostly seems OK except for one major problem: when the installer plug-in is executed (this installer has two installer plug-ins), the installer plug-in is no longer executed with Admin privileges. > > The original PackageMaker bundle installer got Admin privileges, executed the installer plug-in with Admin privileges and the installation was a success. The new flat-file installer gets Admin privileges, executes the installer plug-in with NON-Admin privileges and the installation is botched (because the plug-in without elevated privileges no longer has access to certain locations such as the /Applications folder). > > Does anyone have insight in to this? I'm sure someone else has encountered this. I haven't completely resolved this issue but this almost seems like a bug with the PackageMaker flat-file format. If an Installer plugin ever got Admin privileges (assuming you mean root), it is/was a security flaw. The code of an installer plugin should be run with the same exact privileges the Installer.app has. _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Flat package installer-plug in permissions issue
by Tony Zepeda 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

Hi, Since a digital signature is now required for 10.8 PackageMaker installers, I've converted a PackageMaker bundle installer in to its flat-file equivalent. The flat-file equivalent mostly seems OK except for one major problem: when the installer plug-in is executed (this installer has two installer plug-ins), the installer plug-in is no longer executed with Admin privileges. The original PackageMaker bundle installer got Admin privileges, executed the installer plug-in with Admin privileges and the installation was a success. The new flat-file installer gets Admin privileges, executes the installer plug-in with NON-Admin privileges and the installation is botched (because the plug-in without elevated privileges no longer has access to certain locations such as the /Applications folder). Does anyone have insight in to this? I'm sure someone else has encountered this. I haven't completely resolved this issue but this almost seems like a bug with the PackageMaker flat-file format. Let me know. Thanks, - Tony _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Selectively displaying Installerpane at runtime.
by sanmukh k 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

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Re: Ehh, what's up Dock?
by Paul Cook 22 Apr '12

22 Apr '12

So, what if one also wants to add icons to the dock for yet to be created users? The templates for new users are stored in "/System/Library/User Template". Is there an easy way to also update each of these? Thanks for a really helpful and informative bit of information. Best Wishes, Paul On Mar 9, 2012, at 2:13 AM, Stephane Sudre wrote: >> 1) You have an issue in that you are updating the dock of the user whose home directory is denoted by "~" -- other logins will not be updated. Logins created later will not be updated. (In other emails, these issues have been discussed.) > > dockutil can do it for all existing user accounts, according to its > documentation. _______________________________________________ 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: https://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: Installing to user documents folder
by Stephane Sudre 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Unfortunately, usually, yes as the domain option affects every package inside the distribution. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Andrew Peckover <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I realize what the issue is now. > > I have one package that I want to install on the volume selected by the > user, and another that I want to install in the user's home directory. (In > the same distribution). > > Does this require installing the files to a temporary folder and moving them > with a script? > > Andrew > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> > To: "Andrew Peckover" <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> > Cc: "Installer-Dev mailing-list" <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:40 AM > Subject: Re: Installing to user documents folder > > > > Assuming by OS 4, you mean Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you have access to > the domain installation options. > > You will need to make sure you're building a distribution. > > In the Distribution > Configuration pane, check the "User home > directory" "Install Destination" option and uncheck the "Volume > selected by user" option. > > Reminder: everything from this distribution will be installed in ~/… . > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Andrew Peckover <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm using PackageMaker 3.0.3, and am targetting OS 4 and higher. I'd like >> to install a package to the user's "Documents" or "Library" folder. What >> is >> the best way to do this? >> >> Andrew >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/dev.iceberg%40gmail.c… >> >> This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/dev.iceberg%40gmail.c… > > This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.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: https://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: Installing to user documents folder
by Greg Neagle 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

This has been discussed many times on this list before, but have you considered: 1) What happens if there are multiple users on the machine? Users other than the original installing user get a second-class experience? 1a) What if the user installing the software (a local admin, a parent, a spouse) is not the intended primary user of the software? 1b) What happens when additional users are added to the machine _after_ your software is installed? 2) What happens if the software is installed by a software deployment mechanism like Apple Remote Desktop, JAMF Casper, Absolute Manage, Munki, Puppet, or any other system that installs software automatically, usually as root? Installing some items in the user's home directory is generally a bad idea. There are usually other ways to accomplish what you want that work properly in all contexts. Of course, we don't know the desired end result, but generally speaking, it's better to install these things either within the application bundle, or in /Library/Application Support/foo, and on first launch of your software, copy needed things from the application bundle or /Library/Application Support/foo/ to the user's home. If you cannot modify the software to get this behavior, then install a LaunchAgent that accomplishes the same thing. -Greg On Apr 20, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Andrew Peckover wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I realize what the issue is now. > > I have one package that I want to install on the volume selected by the user, and another that I want to install in the user's home directory. (In the same distribution). > > Does this require installing the files to a temporary folder and moving them with a script? > > Andrew > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> > To: "Andrew Peckover" <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> > Cc: "Installer-Dev mailing-list" <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:40 AM > Subject: Re: Installing to user documents folder > > > Assuming by OS 4, you mean Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you have access to > the domain installation options. > > You will need to make sure you're building a distribution. > > In the Distribution > Configuration pane, check the "User home > directory" "Install Destination" option and uncheck the "Volume > selected by user" option. > > Reminder: everything from this distribution will be installed in ~/… . > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Andrew Peckover <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using PackageMaker 3.0.3, and am targetting OS 4 and higher. I'd like >> to install a package to the user's "Documents" or "Library" folder. What is >> the best way to do this? >> >> Andrew >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/dev.iceberg%40gmail.c… >> >> This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/greg.neagle%40disneya… > > 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: https://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: Installing to user documents folder
by Andrew Peckover 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Thanks for your reply. I realize what the issue is now. Andrew To: "Andrew Peckover" <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> Cc: "Installer-Dev mailing-list" <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:40 AM Subject: Re: Installing to user documents folder Assuming by OS 4, you mean Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you have access to the domain installation options. You will need to make sure you're building a distribution. In the Distribution > Configuration pane, check the "User home directory" "Install Destination" option and uncheck the "Volume selected by user" option. Reminder: everything from this distribution will be installed in ~/… . Hi, I'm using PackageMaker 3.0.3, and am targetting OS 4 and higher. I'd like the best way to do this? Andrew _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/dev.iceberg%40gmail.c… This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com I have one package that I want to install on the volume selected by the user, and another that I want to install in the user's home directory. (In the same distribution). Does this require installing the files to a temporary folder and moving them with a script? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Andrew Peckover <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> wrote: to install a package to the user's "Documents" or "Library" folder. What is

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Re: Installing to user documents folder
by Stephane Sudre 20 Apr '12

20 Apr '12

Assuming by OS 4, you mean Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you have access to the domain installation options. You will need to make sure you're building a distribution. In the Distribution > Configuration pane, check the "User home directory" "Install Destination" option and uncheck the "Volume selected by user" option. Reminder: everything from this distribution will be installed in ~/… . On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Andrew Peckover <apeckover(a)pgmusic.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using PackageMaker 3.0.3, and am targetting OS 4 and higher. I'd like > to install a package to the user's "Documents" or "Library" folder. What is > the best way to do this? > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/dev.iceberg%40gmail.c… > > This email sent to dev.iceberg(a)gmail.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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