site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On lundi, octobre 23, 2006, at 06:20 AM, Peter Mulholland wrote: Hello installer-dev, I haven't yet tried using the -x flag... which pax format is Installer expecting? Installer.app supports the cpio format: pax -w -z -x cpio -f Archive.pax.gz _______________________________________________ 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'm creating Installer packages completely by hand (don't ask ;) and I'm trying to get pax to generate archives that Installer will swallow. I've been using "pax -w -z -f Archive.pax.gz ." to archive the folder containing the package data, which produces a valid archive, but whenever I use that in an Installer .pkg, Installer complains it's an out-of-date format and proceeds no further. Examining archives generated via Iceberg provided me with no clues... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com