[OpenAFS-port-darwin] Rename MacOS X packages

[Jonathan Z. Simon]

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FRI: April 26, 2002

Installer pkg files: name change results in open failure

Dave Paules alerted us to an OS X oddity that we had never noticed 
before: If you rename an Installer pkg file, the file will no longer 
open after you double-click it. The Installer will launch but the 
opening screen of the pkg file does not appear. We are not talking about 
removing the pkg extension. Any name change will cause this to happen. 
Even using the Open command from the Installer's File menu will not 
succeed. Try it. Anyone know what the reason for this is?

Update: A couple of readers have made the plausible assumption that the 
problem is with one of the files inside the package that identifies the 
filename and will thus not work with any other name. While something 
like this must almost certainly be the case, we have been unable to 
determine the exact culprit. It is also surprising, if this explanation 
is correct, that every pkg file has this problem, unless the cause is an 
attribute that Apple says is required.

On Monday, August 5, 2002, at 04:26  PM, Matt Elliott wrote:

> I'd like to rename the Mac OS X OpenAFS.pkg files to include the version
> number.  When I rename the package the install no longer seems to 
> work.  Is
> there something in the OpenAFS.pkg that needs to be modified if you 
> change
> the file name of the package?
>
>
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