Thanks for the tips. Removed existing standalone’s etc and the .pkg installed nicely to the Applications folder.
Regards Camm > On 9 Feb 2022, at 00:31, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > What i forgot. > > You could open console.app and open the install log. There you could see > where the app was installed or better said which app was updated/overwritten. > You should find an entry like this > > PackageKit: Applications/MyTest.app relocated to ....................... > <here you would see the path to where the app was installed> > > Just search for 'relocated' and you should see what happened. > > And please be aware. The app that is updated/overwritten is not determined by > the its file name, but by the bundle name (CFBundelName) you've entered in > the standalone settings. > > Let's say we have MyNewSampleApp.app and its CFBundleName is for example > 'MySampleApp' and we've created an pkg installer from it. And we have another > app on the hard disk named 'MyOldSampleApp' which also has the CFBundleName > 'MySampleApp'. > If you then run the pkg installer then chances are high that the file > 'MyOldSampleApp' is overwritten instead of a new file 'MyNewSampleApp.app' > is written into Applications folder. > > There are ways to avoid this and tell the package installer to not relocate, > but therefore the pkg building command in mrNotarizeHelper stack had to be > adjusted. Unfortunately i have currently not enough time to dive into that. > > > Regards, > Matthias > > > Von meinem iPhone gesendet > >> Am 09.02.2022 um 00:48 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> Camm, >> >> if i am not completely wrong then this is a problem that can occur when you >> try the pkg installer on the same machine on which you've created it. >> If the installer finds the same .app already somewhere on the hard disk it >> updates that app and does not install it into Applications folder. >> >> So the best thing is to test the installer on an other machine. Or you could >> try the following: >> After successful notarizing delete the app bundle of your standalone (you >> could make a zip file as backup first) and empty your trash. Make sure that >> there is no other copy of your .app even older ones. If there are others >> then delete them also and empty the trash. >> >> Now try to run the .pkg installer. The app should now be installed in >> Applications folder. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
