Re: Installer runs, but doesn't install anything

7 Jun 2010

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wrote on 06/07/2010 12:27:08 PM:
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I've cleared what I could find so far, in /var/db/receipts, but it
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hasn't helped.
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Looking at what's happened in fseventer, it seems the files are
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written, but then deleted!
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On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Nick Peelman <nick@peelman.us>
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Jon,
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If you are using the same test machine and not properly cleaning
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up Installer's history and receipts DB, it could be detecting that
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the package with that ID has been installed already, and therefore
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is skipping over it. I've heard of guys having problems like that
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when using the same "dirty" machine to do test runs with.
I
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recommend digging into the docs on Installer and where it keeps
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track of things (/Library/Receipts and /var/db/) and how to properly
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clean it out so that each run you attempt is "fresh". You
should be
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able to gin up a script to clear out the relevant entries fairly
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easily, so you can streamline the process.
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-nick
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-----Original Message-----
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From: Jon Hodgson <jonhodgson.devlists@googlemail.com>
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Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:38:20
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To: <installer-dev@lists.apple.com>
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Subject: Installer runs, but doesn't install anything
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I'm building a simple installer package (not distribution or
metapackage).
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When it runs, it seems to run just fine (including getting the
admin
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password), and I can't see anything in the install log that seems
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be saying anything like "couldn't write files"
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But when I look at where the files are supposed to be written
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folder that already exists), there's nothing there.
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I search the system, and it's not anywhere else, so it doesn't
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like the system moved it.
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(It's a VST plugin).
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The same thing happens on snow leopard and 10.4.
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I've looked at the bom file, and it seems to indicate that all
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stuff that needs to be installed is in the installer package
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about the right size).
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Any ideas what the problem might be or how to look for it?
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