[OpenAFS-port-darwin] anyone want to work on the installer?

Ben Staffin staffin@uiuc.edu
Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:23:30 -0500


It seems reasonable to require that the system which builds the
installer must have the developer tools installed.  This will not create
a dependency on Xcode for client systems.

- Ben

* Everette Gray Allen <Everette_Allen@ncsu.edu> [2004-08-03 12:16] wibbled:
> So I assume that this question is in context of making this app and not 
> building the installer.  I believe it would not be safe to assume that 
> everyone has the Developer tools installed.  Personally I have been 
> adding my own postflight script to the "stock" install to add all the 
> needed files (ThisCell, TheseCells, CellServDB, afsd.options) for my 
> site including a edu.mit.kerberos file and an aklogin.logout plug-in so 
> I am hoping that a new postflight script would not add important install 
> items but only easily replaceable configuration items? In other words I 
> want to be able to rip out the "stock" postflight and add mine back 
> without worry the install will not be complete.
> 
> 
> >
> >K. Source is up.
> >
> >Should just be able to call it from the postflight script. Though, 
> >since it's technically a project builder project, don't know how you 
> >actually compile the thing from the commandline.
> >
> >On 2004.08.02 16:43 Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >
> >>>On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, David Botsch wrote:
> >>>
> >>
> >>>>>I also have a cocoa app which can be run from a postinstall which 
> >>>>>does the following:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>set cell name
> >>>>>set the cell alias
> >>>>>edit the CellServDB
> >>>>>set the afsd.options
> >>>>>
> >>>>>It doesn't actually verify the correctness, but what be a good 
> >>>>>addition.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>See:
> >>>>>http://cf.ccmr.cornell.edu/publicdownloads/afs/afsinstall.app.tar.gz
> >>>>>
> >>>>>haven't stuck the source up, yet, but, can send to anyone upon 
> >>>>>request.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>you should stick the source up;-) or just mail it to openafs-bugs and 
> >>>send a reference to the ticket. whatever. i don't have time to write 
> >>>it now, but it would make the installer be much more professional. 
> >>>likewise, we need a background image, but that's another story
> >>>
> >
> >-- ******************************** David William Botsch 
> >Consultant/Advisor II CCMR Computing Facility dwb7@ccmr.cornell.edu 
> >******************************** --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Mon, 2 Aug 
> >2004 16:56:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> 
> >To: port-darwin@openafs.org Subject: Re: [OpenAFS-port-darwin] anyone want 
> >to work on the installer? On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, David Botsch wrote:
> >
> >>>K. Source is up.
> >>>
> >>>Should just be able to call it from the postflight script. Though, since 
> >>>it's technically a project builder project, don't know how you actually 
> >>>compile the thing from the commandline.
> >
> >
> >cd (directory)
> >xcodebuild
> >
> >
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