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Re: product build and dist scripts targeted at 10.5
by Stephane Sudre 30 May '12

30 May '12

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Alexander Cohen <naftaly(a)me.com> wrote: > > On May 29, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Stephane Sudre wrote: > >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Alexander Cohen <naftaly(a)me.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm creating a Product Archive using productbuild with a distribution script. In the dist script, the min OS targeted is 10.5.8 but when i run the installer on 10.5.8, i get an error saying the dist script is too new and cannot be parsed. It works fine on 10.6 and up. I tried changing the minSpecVersion from 2 to 1 but that didn't change anything. >>> >>> Is it possible to use productbuild and a dist script to target 10.5.8 and up? If so, what settings do i need? >> >> Can you tell us how you invoke productbuild? i.e. with which arguments? >> >> Can you produce the resulting distribution script (using Pacifist)? > > I can. Here is how i use productbuild: > > productbuild --distribution '<distfile>' --sign '<cert>' --package-path '<path to packages>' '<output path>' > > Here is what my dist file looks like, i've never used pacifist. This comes from "productbuild --synthesize" and some manual editing. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> > <installer-gui-script minSpecVersion="1"> > <title>X-Rite Device Manager</title> > <pkg-ref id="com.xrite.device.installer.component"/> > <domain enable_anywhere="false" enable_currentUserHome="false" enable_localSystem="false"/> > <options customize="never" require-scripts="false" hostArchitectures="x86_64,i386"/> > <volume-check> The part below is from the most recent format and so would probably require minSpec to be set to 2. ------------- > <allowed-os-versions> > <os-version min="10.5.8"/> > </allowed-os-versions> ------------- > </volume-check> > <choices-outline> > <line choice="com.xrite.device.installer.component"/> > </choices-outline> > <choice id="com.xrite.device.installer.component" enabled="false" visible="true" selected="true" description="X-Rite Device Services Manager" title="X-Rite Device Services Manager"> > <pkg-ref id="com.xrite.device.installer.component"/> > </choice> > <pkg-ref id="com.xrite.device.installer.component" auth="root" onConclusion="RequireRestart">XRD%20Manager%20Component.pkg</pkg-ref> > </installer-gui-script> _______________________________________________ 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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Do not allow downgrade.
by Vikram Singh 30 May '12

30 May '12

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Re: product build and dist scripts targeted at 10.5
by Alexander Cohen 29 May '12

29 May '12

On May 29, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Stephane Sudre wrote: > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Alexander Cohen <naftaly(a)me.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm creating a Product Archive using productbuild with a distribution script. In the dist script, the min OS targeted is 10.5.8 but when i run the installer on 10.5.8, i get an error saying the dist script is too new and cannot be parsed. It works fine on 10.6 and up. I tried changing the minSpecVersion from 2 to 1 but that didn't change anything. >> >> Is it possible to use productbuild and a dist script to target 10.5.8 and up? If so, what settings do i need? > > Can you tell us how you invoke productbuild? i.e. with which arguments? > > Can you produce the resulting distribution script (using Pacifist)? I can. Here is how i use productbuild: productbuild --distribution '<distfile>' --sign '<cert>' --package-path '<path to packages>' '<output path>' Here is what my dist file looks like, i've never used pacifist. This comes from "productbuild --synthesize" and some manual editing. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?> <installer-gui-script minSpecVersion="1"> <title>X-Rite Device Manager</title> <pkg-ref id="com.xrite.device.installer.component"/> <domain enable_anywhere="false" enable_currentUserHome="false" enable_localSystem="false"/> <options customize="never" require-scripts="false" hostArchitectures="x86_64,i386"/> <volume-check> <allowed-os-versions> <os-version min="10.5.8"/> </allowed-os-versions> </volume-check> <choices-outline> <line choice="com.xrite.device.installer.component"/> </choices-outline> <choice id="com.xrite.device.installer.component" enabled="false" visible="true" selected="true" description="X-Rite Device Services Manager" title="X-Rite Device Services Manager"> <pkg-ref id="com.xrite.device.installer.component"/> </choice> <pkg-ref id="com.xrite.device.installer.component" auth="root" onConclusion="RequireRestart">XRD%20Manager%20Component.pkg</pkg-ref> </installer-gui-script> AC _______________________________________________ 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: product build and dist scripts targeted at 10.5
by Stephane Sudre 29 May '12

29 May '12

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Alexander Cohen <naftaly(a)me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm creating a Product Archive using productbuild with a distribution script. In the dist script, the min OS targeted is 10.5.8 but when i run the installer on 10.5.8, i get an error saying the dist script is too new and cannot be parsed. It works fine on 10.6 and up. I tried changing the minSpecVersion from 2 to 1 but that didn't change anything. > > Is it possible to use productbuild and a dist script to target 10.5.8 and up? If so, what settings do i need? Can you tell us how you invoke productbuild? i.e. with which arguments? Can you produce the resulting distribution script (using Pacifist)? _______________________________________________ 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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product build and dist scripts targeted at 10.5
by Alexander Cohen 29 May '12

29 May '12

Hi, I'm creating a Product Archive using productbuild with a distribution script. In the dist script, the min OS targeted is 10.5.8 but when i run the installer on 10.5.8, i get an error saying the dist script is too new and cannot be parsed. It works fine on 10.6 and up. I tried changing the minSpecVersion from 2 to 1 but that didn't change anything. Is it possible to use productbuild and a dist script to target 10.5.8 and up? If so, what settings do i need? thx AC _______________________________________________ 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: Installer-dev Digest, Vol 93, Issue 21
by vishnu kulkarni 29 May '12

29 May '12

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Re: Installer-dev Digest, Vol 93, Issue 21
by Karthikeyan M 29 May '12

29 May '12

Hi Karthikeyan, The issue occurs only when we try to give requirement for Hard disk space. But when we give requirement for Memory it works perfectly. And one more thing I have noticed is when I give Hard disk requirement, distribution.dist is created inside the package contents, same thing does not happen when we give memory requirement. 'Thanks, Vishnu ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 22:09:02 +0530 From: Karthikeyan M mailto:karthikeyan.mac@gmail.com To: mailto:installer-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: FireFox 12 Packaging Message-ID: msg00060.html"><4FC3AA26.5040408(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Hi Vishnu, Whats the requirements you are trying to add it in package maker? Can you give provide distribution.dist file contents? Regards, Karthikeyan On 28/05/12 7:47 PM, vishnu kulkarni wrote: Yes I did look into the log, It's quiet strange that the log shows it has an error while executing the script. However without the requirement added the preflight script works fine. Any suggestions? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Vikram Singhmailto:vikram731@gmail.com wrote: Did u look at the log file? It might give you what exactly is causing the installation to fail. Thanks, Vikram On May 28, 2012 6:31 PM, "vishnu kulkarni"mailto:vishnu5876@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We are trying to package Firefox using packageaker. We have included preflight script to kill the app before installing the pkg. The pkg works great with the script, however when we try to add requirements like harddisk space and memory, the pkg builds without any errors. When the pkg is ready to get installed at the last stage it says, there were errors while installing the software. However when we remove the requirements and build the pkg it works fine. Kindly suggest. Thanks, Vishnu _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (mailto:Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/vikram731%40gmail.com This email sent to mailto:vikram731@gmail.com

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Re: Installer-dev Digest, Vol 93, Issue 21
by vishnu kulkarni 28 May '12

28 May '12

Hi Karthikeyan, The issue occurs only when we try to give requirement for Hard disk space. But when we give requirement for Memory it works perfectly. And one more thing I have noticed is when I give Hard disk requirement, distribution.dist is created inside the package contents, same thing does not happen when we give memory requirement. 'Thanks, Vishnu > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 22:09:02 +0530 > From: Karthikeyan M <karthikeyan.mac(a)gmail.com> > To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com > Subject: Re: FireFox 12 Packaging > Message-ID: <4FC3AA26.5040408(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Hi Vishnu, > > Whats the requirements you are trying to add it in package maker? Can > you give provide distribution.dist file contents? > > Regards, > Karthikeyan > > On 28/05/12 7:47 PM, vishnu kulkarni wrote: >> Yes I did look into the log, It's quiet strange that the log shows it >> has an error while executing the script. However without the >> requirement added the preflight script works fine. Any suggestions? >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Vikram Singh<vikram731(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> Did u look at the log file? It might give you what exactly is causing the >>> installation to fail. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Vikram >>> >>>> On May 28, 2012 6:31 PM, "vishnu kulkarni"<vishnu5876(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> We are trying to package Firefox using packageaker. We have included >>>>> preflight script to kill the app before installing the pkg. The pkg >>>>> works great with the script, however when we try to add requirements >>>>> like harddisk space and memory, the pkg builds without any errors. >>>>> When the pkg is ready to get installed at the last stage it says, >>>>> there were errors while installing the software. However when we >>>>> remove the requirements and build the pkg it works fine. Kindly >>>>> suggest. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Vishnu >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/vikram731%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> This email sent to vikram731(a)gmail.com >> >> >

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Re: FireFox 12 Packaging
by Karthikeyan M 28 May '12

28 May '12

Yes I did look into the log, It's quiet strange that the log shows it has an error while executing the script. However without the requirement added the preflight script works fine. Any suggestions? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Vikram Singh mailto:vikram731@gmail.com wrote: Did u look at the log file? It might give you what exactly is causing the installation to fail. Thanks, Vikram On May 28, 2012 6:31 PM, "vishnu kulkarni" mailto:vishnu5876@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We are trying to package Firefox using packageaker. We have included preflight script to kill the app before installing the pkg. The pkg works great with the script, however when we try to add requirements like harddisk space and memory, the pkg builds without any errors. When the pkg is ready to get installed at the last stage it says, there were errors while installing the software. However when we remove the requirements and build the pkg it works fine. Kindly suggest. Thanks, Vishnu _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (mailto:Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/vikram731%40gmail.com This email sent to mailto:vikram731@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: FireFox 12 Packaging
by Karthikeyan M 28 May '12

28 May '12

Yes I did look into the log, It's quiet strange that the log shows it has an error while executing the script. However without the requirement added the preflight script works fine. Any suggestions? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Vikram Singh mailto:vikram731@gmail.com wrote: Did u look at the log file? It might give you what exactly is causing the installation to fail. Thanks, Vikram On May 28, 2012 6:31 PM, "vishnu kulkarni" mailto:vishnu5876@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, We are trying to package Firefox using packageaker. We have included preflight script to kill the app before installing the pkg. The pkg works great with the script, however when we try to add requirements like harddisk space and memory, the pkg builds without any errors. When the pkg is ready to get installed at the last stage it says, there were errors while installing the software. However when we remove the requirements and build the pkg it works fine. Kindly suggest. Thanks, Vishnu _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (mailto:Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/vikram731%40gmail.com This email sent to mailto:vikram731@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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