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Re: pkgbuild generated installer not closing "must-close" apps when run from command line
by Sean McBride 08 May '15

08 May '15

On Wed, 6 May 2015 13:49:31 -0700, Conor Schutzman said: >An alternative might be osascript tell application to quit lines in the >preinstall for the package. Just be ready for that to fail, because apps can refuse to quit in response. Cheers, -- ____________________________________________________________ Sean McBride, B. Eng sean(a)rogue-research.com Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada _______________________________________________ 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: pkgbuild generated installer not closing "must-close" apps when run from command line
by Conor Schutzman 06 May '15

06 May '15

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Re: pkgbuild generated installer not closing "must-close" apps when run from command line
by Owen Urkov 06 May '15

06 May '15

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Re: pkgbuild generated installer not closing "must-close" apps when run from command line
by Greg Neagle 06 May '15

06 May '15

I would not be surprised if this is expected behavior. If you are installing at the command-line the expectation is that it is a non-interactive install. -Greg > On May 6, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Owen Urkov <owen(a)asperasoft.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > we have an pkgbuild generated installer that requires Firefox, Chrome and Safari to be closed before running. In the distribution file we have this bit > > <pkg-ref id="com.company.thing"> > <must-close> > <app id="org.mozilla.firefox"/> > <app id="com.apple.Safari"/> > <app id="com.google.Chrome"/> > </must-close> > </pkg-ref> > > And this all works fine and dandy (all open browsers are requested to be closed) when the user runs the installer by double clicking on it and bringing up the GUI. However, if they run the installer using the command "installer -pkg OurInstaller.pkg -target CurrentUserHome" the installer fails to prompt or close the browsers and the installer eventually times out. > > Any idea on why this is or how we can get around it? > > thanks, > Owen > > _______________________________________________ > 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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pkgbuild generated installer not closing "must-close" apps when run from command line
by Owen Urkov 06 May '15

06 May '15

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