site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Hi, Is it possible to prevent this kind of damage by other means than * putting everything into an updater, thus making it a full installer? * changing package names, thus damaging the idea of receipts? Jens _______________________________________________ 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... I combined several package into a meta package to install an application. Later, I made an updater, again combined *.pkg in a *.mpkg. The updater contains changed and new items only. This worked well on pre-Tiger systems. If the Installer shipped with Tiger is used for the update, all files installed by the original package but not contained in the update package are deleted. The application is completely ruined. The installer log of the updater contains lines talking about the removal of obsolete files. Who decides which files are obsolete? Shouldn’t that be the package author? This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com