January 2013 - Installer-dev

Re: Package produced by productbuild command cline tool not working on 10.5
by Dave Geering 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Oh bugger, I knew that too -- that info was floating around in the back of my mind in some form or another, but for some reason it didn't occur to me that it won't work. I need to rethink this product's distribution... Thanks for the help. On 3 January 2013 12:27, Greg Neagle <greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> wrote: > 10.4 doesn't support flat packages, so using pkgbuild will never result in a package installable on 10.4. > > -Greg > > On Jan 2, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Dave Geering <dlgeering(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm trying to create a simple .pkg file that will install on 10.4 to >> 10.8. It should install an application bundle to /Applications and a >> small support file to /Library/PDF Services. I'm using the pkgbuild >> command line tool to create a package that contains both the >> application bundle and the support script, then I use productbuild to >> produce a archive with an altered background and license agreement. >> >> I originally had an issue where the Installer would bail out >> immediately on 10.4 or 10.5 but found out it was because my >> distribution file contained some stuff from a later >> installer-gui-script spec not supported on 10.5. After removing that, >> the install *almost* works; it never "authenticates" (asks the user >> for their password) so it can't move the files to the correct place. >> The installer.log mentions a bunch of "permission denied" errors and >> the install itself says "failed". It works without a problem on >> 10.6.8, 10.7, and 10.8. >> >> Is there some option that I need to use that is implied on the later OSes? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Dave >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: Package produced by productbuild command cline tool not working on 10.5
by Greg Neagle 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

10.4 doesn't support flat packages, so using pkgbuild will never result in a package installable on 10.4. -Greg On Jan 2, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Dave Geering <dlgeering(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to create a simple .pkg file that will install on 10.4 to > 10.8. It should install an application bundle to /Applications and a > small support file to /Library/PDF Services. I'm using the pkgbuild > command line tool to create a package that contains both the > application bundle and the support script, then I use productbuild to > produce a archive with an altered background and license agreement. > > I originally had an issue where the Installer would bail out > immediately on 10.4 or 10.5 but found out it was because my > distribution file contained some stuff from a later > installer-gui-script spec not supported on 10.5. After removing that, > the install *almost* works; it never "authenticates" (asks the user > for their password) so it can't move the files to the correct place. > The installer.log mentions a bunch of "permission denied" errors and > the install itself says "failed". It works without a problem on > 10.6.8, 10.7, and 10.8. > > Is there some option that I need to use that is implied on the later OSes? > > Kind regards, > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > 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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Package produced by productbuild command cline tool not working on 10.5
by Dave Geering 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm trying to create a simple .pkg file that will install on 10.4 to 10.8. It should install an application bundle to /Applications and a small support file to /Library/PDF Services. I'm using the pkgbuild command line tool to create a package that contains both the application bundle and the support script, then I use productbuild to produce a archive with an altered background and license agreement. I originally had an issue where the Installer would bail out immediately on 10.4 or 10.5 but found out it was because my distribution file contained some stuff from a later installer-gui-script spec not supported on 10.5. After removing that, the install *almost* works; it never "authenticates" (asks the user for their password) so it can't move the files to the correct place. The installer.log mentions a bunch of "permission denied" errors and the install itself says "failed". It works without a problem on 10.6.8, 10.7, and 10.8. Is there some option that I need to use that is implied on the later OSes? Kind regards, Dave _______________________________________________ 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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