10.4 doesn't support flat packages, so using pkgbuild will never result in a package installable on 10.4. -Greg On Jan 2, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Dave Geering <dlgeering@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a simple .pkg file that will install on 10.4 to 10.8. It should install an application bundle to /Applications and a small support file to /Library/PDF Services. I'm using the pkgbuild command line tool to create a package that contains both the application bundle and the support script, then I use productbuild to produce a archive with an altered background and license agreement.

I originally had an issue where the Installer would bail out immediately on 10.4 or 10.5 but found out it was because my distribution file contained some stuff from a later installer-gui-script spec not supported on 10.5. After removing that, the install *almost* works; it never "authenticates" (asks the user for their password) so it can't move the files to the correct place. The installer.log mentions a bunch of "permission denied" errors and the install itself says "failed". It works without a problem on 10.6.8, 10.7, and 10.8.

Is there some option that I need to use that is implied on the later OSes?

Kind regards,

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