site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.6.040913.0 Hi, I tried using the exit value 33 but it still gives me inconsistent results and I have no clue as to why. I have 11 language specific packages which I need to club into a metapackage. The individual packages should be installed only if there is a specific file (which points to the language) in a particular location. The volume check scripts are of the form #!/bin/sh if [ -f "/Applications/TestFolder/Dutch" ]; then echo "Dutch-Yes" exit 0 else echo "Dutch-No" exit 33 fi with the exit value 33 as you suggested. However exit value 32 or 33 it works perfectly fine in Tiger! Changing the exit value to 33 got it working briefly in Panther for a metapackage containing two packages but very inconsistently. There were times it enabled the packages even if the VolumeCheck failed. With 11 packages I have never got it working right. Am I missing something obvious? How can a metapackage go ahead and install a package which cannot be installed standalone? Thanks Dennet. On 1/21/07 6:36 PM, "Stéphane Sudre" <ssudre2@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

On jeudi, janvier 18, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Dennet Menezes wrote:

...

Hi,

I have a Metapackage that contains individual packages with their own VolumeCheck scripts. These packages are assigned the attribute "Selected" in the Metapackage Info.plist. When I install this metapackage in Tiger the VolumeCheck scripts for all the packages are run and they get automatically enabled/disabled in the Customize panel in case the script for a package succeeds/fails. However this is not the case in Panther where in-spite of the VolumeCheck scripts failing (which is verified by installing the packages standalone) the metapackage goes on to allow installation for all the packages.

Is there any way I can get the metapackage to validate my individual packages disabling the ones whose VolumeCheck script fails in Panther just as it does in Tiger?

From what I can see on Mac OS X 10.3.9, with the following test case:

Metapackage --+-- Package 1 | +-- Package 2

Package 1 VolumeCheck script:

#!/bin/sh

exit 0

Package 2 VolumeCheck script:

#!/bin/sh

exit 32

AFAIK, according to documentation at http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/ SoftwareDistribution/Legacy_Requirements/chapter_950_section_5.html:

32 (2^5) is the first possible error value to return.

If you run this metapackage, in the Customize pane, both Package 1 and Package 2 will be enabled and selected.

If you change 32 to 33, in the Customize pane, Package 1 is enabled and selected. Package 2 is disabled and unselected.

My $0.02

P.S: this might be seen as a resent in the future as I posted a reply on Thursday but it hasn't appeared yet on the list.

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