[Asterisk-Users] Mac OS X installer: missing files fix

[Wallingford, Ted]

Benjamin,

Did you try using the post-install script to do the cat and copy operations
in lieu of the Mac package installer doing it? The package installer will
run any shell command you put in the post-install script? I once used it to
overcome a similar problem with PostgreSQL on Panther. That might do the
trick.

I am going to try out your * AppleScripts as soon as possible!

Thanks,
Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: Sunrise Ltd [mailto:stsltdtyo at yahoo.co.jp] 
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 3:39 PM
To: astusr
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mac OS X installer: missing files fix


Wallingford, Ted wrote:

>I've paraphrased the OS X installer developer's comments:
there's a
>bug in Installer that is preventing the archive from
working right.
>Below is the fix for the problem.

Apple may have a reputation for attention to detail and perfectionism, but
their PackageMaker utillity -- which is what you use to create those install
packages -- does most definitely NOT share any of these virtues. It's one of
the worst examples of sloppiness I have seen.

PackageMaker simply refuses to include files targeted at
/usr (and below) into the bills of materials file (Archive.bom). The files
are all there, nicely shrinkwrapped into the archive itself
(Archive.pax.gz), but no matter what you do, they won't show up in the BOM
file. As a result, the installer will not install but ignore them.

I am now going to change the target to /private/tmp and
then run a postinstall script (luckily this feature
actually works) to move the files into /usr. I will also provide a patching
utility for those who have been hit by this.

Folks, I am very sorry about the inconvenience. I have
tested the installer on various systems beforehand, but I
must have missed to wipe everything at some point. My
sincerest apologies.

>First (obviously) run the installer. Since the
executables are in the
>archive.pax.gz file in the installer package, first do a
"show package
>contents" on the package file, then unstuff the enclosed archive.pax.gz 
>file to the desktop... Then open up a
shell,
>CD to the desktop, and run the following:
>
> cat Archive.pax | pax -r
> sudo cp -R usr/* /usr

Thanks for your follow up.

Yes, this will work, but I guess that it is a bit too
crude for many Mac folks, they like to just click on
things to make stuff work. That was the whole point of
creating the install package in the first place. I have
failed the Mac folks miserably in this regard.

So, please hang on there for a little while, I'll get back
to you with a new install package and a patching utility.

Meanwhile, we've released a few clickable AppleScript
script apps for basic control of Asterisk (start/stop/reload/show version).
You can download them (as a zip archive) from
http:/www.astmasters.net/stuff/AsteriskApplescripts.zip

regards
benjamin

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