site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev@lists.apple.com Thread-index: AckjG0JEEtQ1Qwc4Ry2PaycNpGk8sgd/IdLw Thread-topic: previous version clobbering newer version? Just following up on this. We ended up using a .dist file to fix this. We check for older versions on the system using the Info.plist files in our receipts and for other things we place on the system, and set the install options accordingly. It has worked well. Couldn't find the setting to make it just work in the Info.plist. This also solved some other problems for us, so it worked out well, even though .dist files are a bit annoying to debug. We've had this in place for a few weeks now, and things are working well. Thankyou to all who replied to me on this. :) Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Bill Janssen [mailto:janssen@parc.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:39 AM To: Lisa Weimer Cc: Pradeep Kumar Udupi; installer-dev@lists.apple.com Subject: Re: previous version clobbering newer version? Lisa Weimer <LisaWeimer@smarttech.com> wrote:
I was really hoping there was some way to tell the package containd in a metapackage to do the Right Thing-- when an old package encounters a new one, just leave the newer packages completely alone.
I think it is doing 'the right thing'. Often packages in a meta-package have to work together, and co-depend on specific versions. The 'newer' version of one of the packages may break that. But there should be a plist option somewhere to control this. Bill _______________________________________________ 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... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com