site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On Mar 22, 2008, at 1:01 AM, Bill Janssen wrote: I'm building an installer essentially by hand -- using an old Python script called buildpkg.py. To create the Archive.bom file, it uses "mkbom <sourcefolder> <bompath>", and to create the PAX archive, it cd's to the <sourcefolder>, then uses "pax -w -f <archive-path> .", then invokes "gzip" on the resulting file to compress it, winding up with "Archive.pax.gz". Has been working fine for years. However, when I use this on Leopard, and then run the resulting installer, I get the following error messages: The installer still seems to work, but I'd like to make whatever changes are necessary to make these messages disappear. I'm using the following calls: o Mac OS X 10.3.9 and earlier: pax -w -z -x cpio -f <archive-path> . o Mac OS X 10.4 and later: ditto -c -z . <archive-path> _______________________________________________ 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... pkgExtractor[79737]: BomFatalError - cpio read error: bad file format pkgExtractor[79737]: Package Authoring Error: Package "UpLib-1.7.3.pkg" is using a deprecated archive format. Running in compatibility mode. I'm surprised this is working because the result of this command line was not working well for me with recent major OS versions. ditto works well with ACLs enabled. pax did not when I tested it (it may have been fixed but I didn't check). This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com