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Re: permission/owner issues in package maker - osx 10.7
by Dennis Wolter 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

hi, thx for your answer, though, i read the stackoverflow thread, too. ;) best, dennis Am 28.06.12 15:29, schrieb Per Olofsson: On 28 jun 2012, at 14:53, Dennis Wolter wrote: googleing around lead me to this topic, which exactly describes the phenomenon, i'm experiencing: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6798130/packagemaker-permissions-issues-… any ideas? thx in advance... Answered at StackOverflow - it's probably the usual problem that you have to set the permissions correctly before adding the payload to PackageMaker, since it tends to ignore what you specify when building. _______________________________________________ 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'm not sure if that explains the different behavior on my two 10.7 machines which both have exactly the same packagemaker version, the same payload with the same permissions/owner group set before compressing them to archive during package creation process. i noticed, there is a "--no-recommend" flag i can use, which is described as follows "If specified, packagemaker will not apply recommended permissions to package contents." in the packagemaker man page. what are the recommended permissions and what are the criteria for setting those? they obviously differ under certain circumstances (build environment? destination folder?). of course, i could reset permissions in a postflight/install script, but i think this would be more a workaround than a clean solution. i was just wondering why this worked in 10.6 and does not work on some of my 10.7 machines.

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Re: permission/owner issues in package maker - osx 10.7
by Per Olofsson 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

On 28 jun 2012, at 14:53, Dennis Wolter wrote: > googleing around lead me to this topic, which exactly describes the phenomenon, i'm experiencing: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6798130/packagemaker-permissions-issues-… > > any ideas? thx in advance... Answered at StackOverflow - it's probably the usual problem that you have to set the permissions correctly before adding the payload to PackageMaker, since it tends to ignore what you specify when building. -- 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: 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: Getting Installation failure error while using Script along with custom requirements.
by Per Olofsson 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

On 28 jun 2012, at 11:56, Don Montalvo wrote: > I'm a huge fan of Sudre's work but there how do you get the logic (HW/SW checks) into the package? Create a distribution package and you'll find it under Requirements & Resources. -- 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: 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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permission/owner issues in package maker - osx 10.7
by Dennis Wolter 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

hi, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6798130/packagemaker-permissions-issues-… any ideas? thx in advance... best, dennis _______________________________________________ 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 noticed an issue regarding the permission/owner settings in packagemaker. in 10.6 payload is always compressed with permissions 40775 and root:admin. building a package on a osx 10.7 (server edition) machine causes the pkg payload to be compressed with 40775 and root:*wheel*. strange: i have another standard 10.7 system that builds correctly with root:admin and i have no idea what causes the different behavior. googleing around lead me to this topic, which exactly describes the phenomenon, i'm experiencing:

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Re: Getting Installation failure error while using Script along with custom requirements.
by Harald Wagener 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Don Montalvo <donmontalvo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's hard to believe the HW/SW checks are such a PITA in PackageMaker > 3.0.4...begs the question...did those functions *ever* work? :) You should check out how Apple update packages do this and build your own opinion (-: _______________________________________________ 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: Getting Installation failure error while using Script along with custom requirements.
by Don Montalvo 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

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Re: Can I close an Installer from within the Packagemaker Installer Plugin
by Vikram Singh 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

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Re: Can I close an Installer from within the Packagemaker Installer Plugin
by Stephane Sudre 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Vikram Singh <vikram731(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have written a Plugin for PackageMaker. Is there any way to exit the > installer from within the plugin? > I have tried the following ways- > [NSApp terminate:nil] > and > exit 0; > > If we call any of the above from within the plugin, it closes the > Installer.app but whenever I try to run any other installer right after > this, it invokes the previously closed installer. > So I am assuming, if I use the ways mentioned above, it just kills the > Installer.app and circumvents the normal closing behavior of Installer.app > (which might be cleaning some temporary directories before exiting). > Is there any documented or undocumented but working way to close the > Installer from my plugin (say on click of some button)? If you are observing this on Mac OS X v10.7 and later, it's probably the restoration at work since you're quitting an application without closing the document. I would suggest closing the document and then quitting. Something like: [myWindow performClose:nil]; [NSApp terminate:nil]; _______________________________________________ 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: Getting Installation failure error while using Script along with custom requirements.
by Per Olofsson 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

On 27 jun 2012, at 23:58, Don Montalvo wrote: > PackageMaker 3.0.4 is being used on a Mac running 10.6, logged in as local admin user. > > Wanted to jump in to make sure the requirements and goals were clearly outlined, hoping the above could be a simple, easy to document and repeatable process. > > Seems like there might be some bugs in PackageMaker? :) Yes, plenty. I'd recommend working with Stephane Sudre's Packages instead, or scripting the package creation. -- 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: 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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Can I close an Installer from within the Packagemaker Installer Plugin
by Vikram Singh 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

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