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Re: Affect install choice from plug-in?
by Stephane Sudre 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

I tried that sometimes ago and didn't find a solution. It either requires an Installer-Plug in API to refresh the list (I class-dumped the Installer binaries but didn't found a private one) or that the state of the choices are computed every time you move forward to the Installation Type step. I thought I had filed an enhancement request on BugReporter but can't find it. On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:11 AM, Steve Stockman <sstockman(a)symantec.com> wrote: > Does anyone know how an installer plug-in within a flat distribution can > affect the Custom Install choices? > > I've tried writing to a file from the plug-in, which is then read by a > tool called via system.run(). This is not particularly desirable since > PlugIns and Scripts appear to be in separate sandboxes with no connection > between them, and thus the file had to be at a constant path relative to > TMPDIR, but it was the only means of communication I could find. But it > turns out not to be any means of communication because all of the > 'selected' expressions of the install choices were evaluated two or three > times before the plug-in loaded, and then were never evaluated again until > I began manually clicking the Custom Install checkboxes. > > I would in fact like to be able to eliminate Custom Install altogether, > and just have the choices preset by the plug-in. > > I also tried having the volume-check function force recalculation of the > selections, but that was also called before the plug-in loaded. > > Does anyone know a way to force recalculation _after_ my plug-in has had > its user interaction? > > ------------------------------------- > Steve Stockman > Software Architect/Technical Director > Consumer Products - Macintosh > Symantec Corporation > www.symantec.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 -- Packaging Resources - http://s.sudre.free.fr/Packaging.html _______________________________________________ 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: Affect install choice from plug-in?
by Greg Neagle 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

I do not know the answers to your questions, but I'd like to add some related info you may not have considered. In an enterprise environment, software is not installed by double-clicking your Installer package; instead it's likely installed by something that ultimately uses the /usr/sbin/installer command-line tool, as this can be automated. When installed in this way, your plugin is not called at all. So make sure that whatever your plugin does, it's not essential to the actual installation. I'm of course making the assumption that you'd like to sell your product to the enterprise market, which may or may not be the case. -Greg On Jul 25, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Steve Stockman wrote: > Does anyone know how an installer plug-in within a flat distribution can > affect the Custom Install choices? > > I've tried writing to a file from the plug-in, which is then read by a > tool called via system.run(). This is not particularly desirable since > PlugIns and Scripts appear to be in separate sandboxes with no connection > between them, and thus the file had to be at a constant path relative to > TMPDIR, but it was the only means of communication I could find. But it > turns out not to be any means of communication because all of the > 'selected' expressions of the install choices were evaluated two or three > times before the plug-in loaded, and then were never evaluated again until > I began manually clicking the Custom Install checkboxes. > > I would in fact like to be able to eliminate Custom Install altogether, > and just have the choices preset by the plug-in. > > I also tried having the volume-check function force recalculation of the > selections, but that was also called before the plug-in loaded. > > Does anyone know a way to force recalculation _after_ my plug-in has had > its user interaction? > > ------------------------------------- > Steve Stockman > Software Architect/Technical Director > Consumer Products - Macintosh > Symantec Corporation > www.symantec.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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Affect install choice from plug-in?
by Steve Stockman 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Does anyone know how an installer plug-in within a flat distribution can affect the Custom Install choices? I've tried writing to a file from the plug-in, which is then read by a tool called via system.run(). This is not particularly desirable since PlugIns and Scripts appear to be in separate sandboxes with no connection between them, and thus the file had to be at a constant path relative to TMPDIR, but it was the only means of communication I could find. But it turns out not to be any means of communication because all of the 'selected' expressions of the install choices were evaluated two or three times before the plug-in loaded, and then were never evaluated again until I began manually clicking the Custom Install checkboxes. I would in fact like to be able to eliminate Custom Install altogether, and just have the choices preset by the plug-in. I also tried having the volume-check function force recalculation of the selections, but that was also called before the plug-in loaded. Does anyone know a way to force recalculation _after_ my plug-in has had its user interaction? ------------------------------------- Steve Stockman Software Architect/Technical Director Consumer Products - Macintosh Symantec Corporation www.symantec.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: Invalid certicate error on Lion though the same certicate is shownas valid on Mountain Lion
by Swaroop Bhola 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

Oops typo in the mail :). Its productsign. ~S -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+sbhola=quark.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+sbhola=quark.com@lists.apple.com] On Behalf Of Stephane Sudre Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:52 PM To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Subject: Re: Invalid certicate error on Lion though the same certicate is shownas valid on Mountain Lion On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Swaroop Bhola <sbhola(a)quark.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have signed my installer with productbuild […] productbuild or productsign? _______________________________________________ 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/sbhola%40quark.com This email sent to sbhola(a)quark.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: Invalid certicate error on Lion though the same certicate is shown as valid on Mountain Lion
by Stephane Sudre 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Swaroop Bhola <sbhola(a)quark.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have signed my installer with productbuild […] productbuild or productsign? _______________________________________________ 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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Invalid certicate error on Lion though the same certicate is shown as valid on Mountain Lion
by Swaroop Bhola 25 Jul '12

25 Jul '12

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Re: Formatting Capabilities of Installer Text Fields
by Stephane Sudre 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Bill Coderre <bc(a)apple.com> wrote: > It is POSSIBLE to write your own installer "panes" and have them replicate > the functionality of the License panel, but it is not EASY and so I'd tend > to advise that you don't do it unless you must. There's a template project for that: http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Installer/Installer_Plugins/index.html -> EULA_Plugin link. You may need to offset the print, save and language buttons a bit on the left or right. I haven't tweaked it yet. It works fine from Mac OS X 10.5 to Mac OS X 10.7++ as far as I know (you need to build it on 10.6 to get the 64-bit architecture support). _______________________________________________ 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: Formatting Capabilities of Installer Text Fields
by Bill Coderre 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

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Formatting Capabilities of Installer Text Fields
by Hunter Pence 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

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Re: Upgrading a package doesn't remove obsolete files from previous version
by Stephane Sudre 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Jaroslav Šnajdr <jsnajdr(a)kerio.com> wrote: > Hello Stephane, > > I'm not sure what it means exactly to "use an installation package", but I > installed the package normally, using the UI, as anyone else would do. By "installation package", I meant the current version of the application on disk has been installed through a standard Apple package as opposed to a manual files installation (or a custom installer). > There is a package .plist and .bom in the /private/var/db/receipts directory. The > .bom contains exactly the files it should. > > The package identifiers remain the same. > > The install log contains, among others, these lines: [...] > "Kerio Workspace" is the title of the distribution, "Kerio Workspace Server" > is then the title of the <choice> inside the distribution that refers the > com.kerio.workspace.server.pkg identifier and the bundled > "KerioWorkspace.pkg" package. Which Mac OS X version? (So that we can try to reproduce the issue). _______________________________________________ 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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