August 2019 - Installer-dev

Re: Progress bar during the silent install
by Motti Shneor via Installer-dev 22 Aug '19

22 Aug '19

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by antonioareyes71 via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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by antonioareyes71 via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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by antonioareyes71 via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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by antonioareyes71 via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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by antonioareyes71 via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
by Greg Neagle via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:49 PM, Conor Schutzman <conor(a)mac.com> wrote: It might also help if we knew why the OP needed to force a pop up instead of utilizing the custom install UI. Important side note that installer plug-ins do not execute when the package is executed via CL (like is commonly done via Jamf or other deployment suites). If the only thing that the plugin is doing is tossing a dialog, it may be worth looking into other ways to do that from within the preinstall or postinstall scripting. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Greg Neagle <greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> wrote: Sounds like something I hope I never need to deploy! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev < installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: And while Installer.app will queue multiple packages, it can (without taking extraordinary measures) only have one open instance, so should be pretty safe with a kill command to end it specifically. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan via Installer-dev < installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: No, it will kill only UI-based Installer (spelled with uppercase I) and user-experience-wise is in parity with the exit()/terminate/etc you have been using before... The command-line installer is spelled with lower-case "i" and will not be affected by kill command. On Monday, August 19, 2019, 04:49:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano < lora_lozano(a)filemaker.com> wrote: Thanks for your reply, Vachik. The issue with calling system("killall -9 Installer”) is that if other installers are running simultaneously, those will be killed also. -Lora On Aug 19, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan <vachooho(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Lora, As I pointed out in my previous posts, Installer plugins are running outside of the Installer process so all the ext()/NSApp.terminate/etc calls are dealing with another process hosting the plugin, not Installer itself. You still can use brute force kill command though system("killall -9 Installer"); Cheers V. On Monday, August 19, 2019, 03:41:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano via Installer-dev < installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: Hi, In my installer plugin code, I display an alert by using NSAlert. In this alert, I have a button which, when clicked, should exit the installer. This works fine on OSes prior to Catalina, but on Catalina, the installer hangs when clicking on this button. To exit the installer, I have tried the following six alternatives: exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:nil]; [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:self]; [NSApp terminate:self]; [NSApp terminate:nil]; However, they all result in a hang (again, only on Catalina). For example from the console log when calling [NSApp terminate:nil]: default 15:33:16.841249-0700 distnoted unregister token: f4260 pid: 11340 default 15:33:16.841301-0700 distnoted unregister token: f425f pid: 11340 error 15:33:16.843817-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to a dead connection default 15:33:16.843990-0700 hidd Connection removed: IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:E9477186-1BC5-48C2-AC7E-F34BDEB7AFFD pid:11340 process:InstallerRemotePluginService type:Passive entitlements:0x0 caller:HIToolbox: ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 attributes:(null) inactive:1 events:0 mask:0x0 error 15:33:16.844238-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to a dead connection default 15:33:16.847986-0700 runningboardd [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] Death sentinel fired! default 15:33:16.848452-0700 launchservicesd QUITTING: pid=11340 asn=0x-0x189189 foreground=0 wasFront=0 default 15:33:16.850220-0700 CommCenter #I handleLSNotitifcation_sync: Application exited: <private> default 15:33:16.851097-0700 loginwindow -[PersistentAppsSupport applicationQuit:] | for app:InstallerRemotePluginService (Installer), _appTrackingState = 2 default 15:33:16.850615-0700 runningboardd Invalidating assertion 324-133-1049 (target:executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>) from originator 133 default 15:33:16.952295-0700 runningboardd Removing process: [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] default 15:33:16.956649-0700 runningboardd Removing assertions for terminated process: [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] I can also provide a [lengthy] .hang file if that would help. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lora _______________________________________________ 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/vachooho%40yahoo.com This email sent to vachooho(a)yahoo.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/conor%40mac.com This email sent to conor(a)mac.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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Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
by Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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If the only thing that the plugin is doing is tossing a dialog, it may be worth looking into other ways to do that from within the preinstall or postinstall scripting. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Greg Neagle <greg.neagle(a)disneyanimation.com> > wrote: > > Sounds like something I hope I never need to deploy! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev >> <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: >> >> And while Installer.app will queue multiple packages, it can (without taking >> extraordinary measures) only have one open instance, so should be pretty >> safe with a kill command to end it specifically. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan via Installer-dev >>> <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: >>> >>> No, it will kill only UI-based Installer (spelled with uppercase I) >>> and user-experience-wise is in parity with the exit()/terminate/etc you >>> have been using before... >>> >>> The command-line installer is spelled with lower-case "i" and will not be >>> affected by kill command. >>> >>> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 04:49:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano >>> <lora_lozano(a)filemaker.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your reply, Vachik. The issue with calling system("killall -9 >>> Installer”) is that if other installers are running simultaneously, those >>> will be killed also. >>> >>> -Lora >>> >>>> On Aug 19, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan <vachooho(a)yahoo.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Lora, >>>> >>>> As I pointed out in my previous posts, Installer plugins are running >>>> outside of the Installer process so all the ext()/NSApp.terminate/etc >>>> calls are dealing with another process hosting the plugin, not Installer >>>> itself. >>>> >>>> You still can use brute force kill command though >>>> >>>> system("killall -9 Installer"); >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> V. >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 03:41:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano via Installer-dev >>>> <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> In my installer plugin code, I display an alert by using NSAlert. In this >>>> alert, I have a button which, when clicked, should exit the installer. >>>> This works fine on OSes prior to Catalina, but on Catalina, the installer >>>> hangs when clicking on this button. >>>> >>>> To exit the installer, I have tried the following six alternatives: >>>> >>>> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); >>>> exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >>>> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:nil]; >>>> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:self]; >>>> [NSApp terminate:self]; >>>> [NSApp terminate:nil]; >>>> >>>> However, they all result in a hang (again, only on Catalina). For example >>>> from the console log when calling [NSApp terminate:nil]: >>>> >>>> default 15:33:16.841249-0700 distnoted unregister token: f4260 >>>> pid: 11340 >>>> default 15:33:16.841301-0700 distnoted unregister token: f425f >>>> pid: 11340 >>>> error 15:33:16.843817-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to >>>> a dead connection >>>> default 15:33:16.843990-0700 hidd Connection removed: >>>> IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:E9477186-1BC5-48C2-AC7E-F34BDEB7AFFD >>>> pid:11340 process:InstallerRemotePluginService type:Passive >>>> entitlements:0x0 caller:HIToolbox: >>>> ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 attributes:(null) >>>> inactive:1 events:0 mask:0x0 >>>> error 15:33:16.844238-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to >>>> a dead connection >>>> default 15:33:16.847986-0700 runningboardd >>>> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] Death sentinel fired! >>>> default 15:33:16.848452-0700 launchservicesd QUITTING: pid=11340 >>>> asn=0x-0x189189 foreground=0 wasFront=0 >>>> default 15:33:16.850220-0700 CommCenter #I >>>> handleLSNotitifcation_sync: Application exited: <private> >>>> default 15:33:16.851097-0700 loginwindow -[PersistentAppsSupport >>>> applicationQuit:] | for app:InstallerRemotePluginService (Installer), >>>> _appTrackingState = 2 >>>> default 15:33:16.850615-0700 runningboardd Invalidating assertion >>>> 324-133-1049 (target:executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>) from >>>> originator 133 >>>> default 15:33:16.952295-0700 runningboardd Removing process: >>>> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] >>>> default 15:33:16.956649-0700 runningboardd Removing assertions >>>> for terminated process: >>>> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] >>>> >>>> I can also provide a [lengthy] .hang file if that would help. >>>> >>>> Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Lora >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/vachooho%40yahoo.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to vachooho(a)yahoo.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/conor%40mac.com >>> >>> This email sent to conor(a)mac.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
by Greg Neagle via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev < installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: And while Installer.app will queue multiple packages, it can (without taking extraordinary measures) only have one open instance, so should be pretty safe with a kill command to end it specifically. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan via Installer-dev < installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: No, it will kill only UI-based Installer (spelled with uppercase I) and user-experience-wise is in parity with the exit()/terminate/etc you have been using before... The command-line installer is spelled with lower-case "i" and will not be affected by kill command. On Monday, August 19, 2019, 04:49:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano < lora_lozano(a)filemaker.com> wrote: Thanks for your reply, Vachik. The issue with calling system("killall -9 Installer”) is that if other installers are running simultaneously, those will be killed also. -Lora On Aug 19, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan <vachooho(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Lora, As I pointed out in my previous posts, Installer plugins are running outside of the Installer process so all the ext()/NSApp.terminate/etc calls are dealing with another process hosting the plugin, not Installer itself. You still can use brute force kill command though system("killall -9 Installer"); Cheers V. On Monday, August 19, 2019, 03:41:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano via Installer-dev < installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: Hi, In my installer plugin code, I display an alert by using NSAlert. In this alert, I have a button which, when clicked, should exit the installer. This works fine on OSes prior to Catalina, but on Catalina, the installer hangs when clicking on this button. To exit the installer, I have tried the following six alternatives: exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:nil]; [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:self]; [NSApp terminate:self]; [NSApp terminate:nil]; However, they all result in a hang (again, only on Catalina). For example from the console log when calling [NSApp terminate:nil]: default 15:33:16.841249-0700 distnoted unregister token: f4260 pid: 11340 default 15:33:16.841301-0700 distnoted unregister token: f425f pid: 11340 error 15:33:16.843817-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to a dead connection default 15:33:16.843990-0700 hidd Connection removed: IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:E9477186-1BC5-48C2-AC7E-F34BDEB7AFFD pid:11340 process:InstallerRemotePluginService type:Passive entitlements:0x0 caller:HIToolbox: ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 attributes:(null) inactive:1 events:0 mask:0x0 error 15:33:16.844238-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to a dead connection default 15:33:16.847986-0700 runningboardd [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] Death sentinel fired! default 15:33:16.848452-0700 launchservicesd QUITTING: pid=11340 asn=0x-0x189189 foreground=0 wasFront=0 default 15:33:16.850220-0700 CommCenter #I handleLSNotitifcation_sync: Application exited: <private> default 15:33:16.851097-0700 loginwindow -[PersistentAppsSupport applicationQuit:] | for app:InstallerRemotePluginService (Installer), _appTrackingState = 2 default 15:33:16.850615-0700 runningboardd Invalidating assertion 324-133-1049 (target:executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>) from originator 133 default 15:33:16.952295-0700 runningboardd Removing process: [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] default 15:33:16.956649-0700 runningboardd Removing assertions for terminated process: [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] I can also provide a [lengthy] .hang file if that would help. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Lora _______________________________________________ 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/vachooho%40yahoo.com This email sent to vachooho(a)yahoo.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/conor%40mac.com This email sent to conor(a)mac.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. 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Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
by Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev 20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19

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Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan via Installer-dev > <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: > > No, it will kill only UI-based Installer (spelled with uppercase I) > and user-experience-wise is in parity with the exit()/terminate/etc you have > been using before... > > The command-line installer is spelled with lower-case "i" and will not be > affected by kill command. > > On Monday, August 19, 2019, 04:49:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano > <lora_lozano(a)filemaker.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply, Vachik. The issue with calling system("killall -9 > Installer”) is that if other installers are running simultaneously, those > will be killed also. > > -Lora > >> On Aug 19, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan <vachooho(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Lora, >> >> As I pointed out in my previous posts, Installer plugins are running outside >> of the Installer process so all the ext()/NSApp.terminate/etc calls are >> dealing with another process hosting the plugin, not Installer itself. >> >> You still can use brute force kill command though >> >> system("killall -9 Installer"); >> >> Cheers >> V. >> >> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 03:41:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano via Installer-dev >> <installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> In my installer plugin code, I display an alert by using NSAlert. In this >> alert, I have a button which, when clicked, should exit the installer. This >> works fine on OSes prior to Catalina, but on Catalina, the installer hangs >> when clicking on this button. >> >> To exit the installer, I have tried the following six alternatives: >> >> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); >> exit(EXIT_FAILURE); >> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:nil]; >> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:self]; >> [NSApp terminate:self]; >> [NSApp terminate:nil]; >> >> However, they all result in a hang (again, only on Catalina). For example >> from the console log when calling [NSApp terminate:nil]: >> >> default 15:33:16.841249-0700 distnoted unregister token: f4260 pid: >> 11340 >> default 15:33:16.841301-0700 distnoted unregister token: f425f pid: >> 11340 >> error 15:33:16.843817-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to a >> dead connection >> default 15:33:16.843990-0700 hidd Connection removed: >> IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:E9477186-1BC5-48C2-AC7E-F34BDEB7AFFD >> pid:11340 process:InstallerRemotePluginService type:Passive entitlements:0x0 >> caller:HIToolbox: ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 >> attributes:(null) inactive:1 events:0 mask:0x0 >> error 15:33:16.844238-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to a >> dead connection >> default 15:33:16.847986-0700 runningboardd >> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] Death sentinel fired! >> default 15:33:16.848452-0700 launchservicesd QUITTING: pid=11340 >> asn=0x-0x189189 foreground=0 wasFront=0 >> default 15:33:16.850220-0700 CommCenter #I >> handleLSNotitifcation_sync: Application exited: <private> >> default 15:33:16.851097-0700 loginwindow -[PersistentAppsSupport >> applicationQuit:] | for app:InstallerRemotePluginService (Installer), >> _appTrackingState = 2 >> default 15:33:16.850615-0700 runningboardd Invalidating assertion >> 324-133-1049 (target:executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>) from >> originator 133 >> default 15:33:16.952295-0700 runningboardd Removing process: >> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] >> default 15:33:16.956649-0700 runningboardd Removing assertions for >> terminated process: [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] >> >> I can also provide a [lengthy] .hang file if that would help. >> >> Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Lora >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/vachooho%40yahoo.com >> >> This email sent to vachooho(a)yahoo.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/conor%40mac.com > > This email sent to conor(a)mac.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. 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