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Re: permissions
by Greg Neagle 08 May '12

08 May '12

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permissions
by info 08 May '12

08 May '12

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Re Permissions
by info 08 May '12

08 May '12

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Permissions
by info 08 May '12

08 May '12

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Re: Scripting additions to .plist?
by Michele Corum 03 May '12

03 May '12

Thanks Stuart! Really the question is not if we can add a line item to a .plist but "Do we or do we not change user defined preferences?" My Windows counterpart here agrees with meuser defined is user defined and we don't change those once a user has defined them. Michele Corum Macintosh Engineer/Developer aap3 at Cisco Systems, Inc. 400 East Tasman Drive, SJ12-3 San Jose, California 95134 Desk 408.853.3430 Cell 925.586.6173 mcorum(a)cisco.com > From: Stuart Ramdeen <stuart(a)toucancomputing.co.uk> > Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 00:38:45 +0100 > To: <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> > Subject: Re: Scripting additions to .plist? > > Sounds perfectly possible to me but you have the usual caveats regarding > modifying a particular user's environment. What do you do about other users on > the system, users that are added later etc etc. > Can you give anymore details on what it is you're doing? Can you not edit this > plist (what plist is it?) when the app/whatever is first launched? > > Regards > Stuart > > > On 3 May 2012, at 00:25, Michele Corum wrote: > >> Hey all.... >> >> Is it possible to script a line item addition to a user's .plist file? It >> been my understanding this is not possible. Please advise. >> >> >> Michele Corum > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/mcorum%40cisco.com > > This email sent to mcorum(a)cisco.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: Scripting additions to .plist?
by Stuart Ramdeen 02 May '12

02 May '12

Sounds perfectly possible to me but you have the usual caveats regarding modifying a particular user's environment. What do you do about other users on the system, users that are added later etc etc. Can you give anymore details on what it is you're doing? Can you not edit this plist (what plist is it?) when the app/whatever is first launched? Regards Stuart On 3 May 2012, at 00:25, Michele Corum wrote: > Hey all.... > > Is it possible to script a line item addition to a user's .plist file? It > been my understanding this is not possible. Please advise. > > > Michele Corum _______________________________________________ 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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Scripting additions to .plist?
by Michele Corum 02 May '12

02 May '12

Hey all.... Is it possible to script a line item addition to a user's .plist file? It been my understanding this is not possible. Please advise. Michele Corum Macintosh Engineer/Developer aap3 at Cisco Systems, Inc. 400 East Tasman Drive, SJ12-3 San Jose, California 95134 Desk 408.853.3430 Cell 925.586.6173 mcorum(a)cisco.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: Requiring restart in component package using pkgbuild
by Stephane Sudre 01 May '12

01 May '12

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Vikram Singh <vikram731(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From what I understand, component packages are for installing a single > component of that full application. So if you want to specify Restart Action > on a component package, it is similar to specifying that action on the > Distribution that installs that component package. Component packages can > definitely be more modular when they could specify their own requirements > but requirements like Restart Action can be redundant if allowed for a > component package. > For example, if you have many component packages, you may end up including > Restart Action on all of them when specifying only on the Distribution > serves the same purpose. > > I hope doing this in Distribution is the better way to go. Though you can > wait for other answers as well :) Defining the conclusion action in the distribution is not documented (even in the updated documentation from February *)… The conclusion action is not attached to a distribution but to each pkg-ref. Having the installer application figure out what the appropriate conclusion action should be based on the ones defined for each package is way more flexible. Ideally, it should be able to figure that based on the selected choices (I didn't check in a recent build of Mac OS X whether this has changed or not). _______________________________________________ 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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Specifying .rtfd files in a distribution
by Edward Waxler 01 May '12

01 May '12

I'm using productbuild to create an archive, and I'd like to point the distribution to my welcome file, which is in .rtfd format. This used to be possible using PackageMaker, but I'm getting "Bad file descriptor" errors when I try it using productbuild. It seems like productbuild isn't recognizing the file type, or maybe it's just expecting a single file instead of a .rtfd, which is really a directory. I've tried setting mime-type="text/rtf" and also uti="com.apple.rtfd", but each attempt resulted in the same error. Is it possible to use a .rtfd file with productbuild, and if so, how do you describe it in the distribution file? 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: Requiring restart in component package using pkgbuild
by Vikram Singh 01 May '12

01 May '12

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