site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com These hacks "slam" the relocatable flag to false. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... Here is a shell script for "bundle" format installer packages which might help: defaults write FOO.pkg/Contents/Info IFPkgFlagRelocatable -bool NO As for "flat" packages, you could do this: pkgutil --expand FOO.pkg FOO.pkgsrc perl -i -pe 's/relocatable\s*=\s*"true"/relocatable="false"/' FOO.pkgsrc/PackageInfo pkgutil --force --flatten FOO.pkgsrc FOO.pkg They're "hacks" because they "know" the format of the bundle and flat packages. Package Formats are not officially documented. On the other hand, Installer.app in 10.5.5 still installs packages from 10.1 era (late 2001), so it'll probably be a while before the hacks stop working. Anyway, this might be enough to get your problem solved sufficiently that you can get back to writing software. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com