site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=7/2GV9uIasHFUd8EINwWgT4owdtRDYCmsDDU7M+VKrk=; b=QzSciJt1CP7fQzWjzAI8g2fyjlMAhmPvn8Jcq/frSd/FPdt3AbkfSz3hifucb+NYVE sHJCdTxkeDjJPLZf70wJtBev6gdYWDko3+Dgg8xAHwDU+ZWrpXlKAo4Gz3pNwk9N1Mj+ 6Q2lUdR/sN4gOvbJDjfkWLltsE659lB5Hgd48= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=fTzjN5S89cO5PuNI+mbKsxqRkIVWwzQSxKI2CUc4gtg/fGqpZu+fId8KnO2QoqMveR AL2HjEIGZDs7o9houa91rzm0R0d2IEl0HN9rNATtPlrJWYAtIR+PyU/cZV+0wmXt/4Be hwe4b+ib1+jgHGA7G4yhv2GItE/22q+dEnGGw= The source code for Iceberg and Packages is available. On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, Colin Cornaby <colin.cornaby@mac.com> wrote:

Apple had documentation on the structure of 10.4 installer packages, I can't seem to find it right now, I know it was a pain to find originally...

Someone has done the same work for 10.5 installer packages though: http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/Ivanhoe/FLAT.html

This is difficult to do, and you're at least going to need to get dirty with C.

On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:29 PM, Jeremy Matthews wrote:

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Q) Are you looking for articles on alternate software like Composer, The Luggage, or Iceberg? Googling their names shows a few.

A) Nope

I'm looking to understand the structure of a package so I can create one programmatically for an end-user. The idea is that my software will create a package without requiring Developer tools to be installed.

Ideas?

Thanks,

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