site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Why can't the iTunes group make an installer that is not broken? But I'm not bitter. _______________________________________________ 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... The preinstall and preupgrade scripts both contain a bug that prevents execution from an automated environment. They use "su ${USER} -c ...." to execute a command, but if the installer is being run through cron or as a startup item the ${USER} variable is not defined. and the su doesn't execute the command and instead becomes a shell that will never exit. The worst part about this is that I reported the same exact bug with the 4.7 installer. Maybe if they aren't going to write good packages we should petition the people who write the installer to populate the environment before they hand off to the packages scripts. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com