Custom Apps Installing but not there

[nessts]

I have several custom Applications being installed, and some of them do not actually appear on the system.
only 2 apps are having this issue, firefox and thunderbird, which were working fine, until i upgraded to 1.4b1
I see in the instadmg logs that that all applications appear to install properly. I have receipts saying the install happened, yet Firefox and Thunderbird are nowhere to be found on the disk. if i grab those pkgs and install them again on the system they work just fine.
Any ideas?
I have seen some problems when packaging with leopard packagemaker where the install decides to divert the files to a different location. if i make the same pkg in tiger packagemaker then it never happens. but i cannot see the diverting messages in the instadmg logs.

thanks.

[Patrick Fergus]

What happens if you install the packages by hand on a freshly restored drive? Do they fail then as well?[code]sudo installer -verbose -pkg /path/to/mypackage.pkg -target /Volumes/TargetDisk[/code]- Patrick

[nessts]

edss-power-mac-g5:~ eds$ sudo installer -verbose -pkg /Volumes/Packages/Generic/FireFox-2.0.0.14.pkg -target /Volumes/BMStudioPPC

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type “man sudo” for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:
installer: Package name is Firefox
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: Preparing for installation…..
installer: Preparing the Disk…..
installer: Preparing Target Volume
#
installer: Preparing Firefox…..
installer:
installer: Installing Firefox…..
installer:
installer: Configuring Installation
#
installer: Validating package
installer: Writing files
installer: Writing files: 0% complete
#
installer: Writing files: 10% complete
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installer: Writing files: 14% complete
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installer: Writing files: 20% complete
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installer: Writing files: 34% complete
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installer: Writing files: 55% complete
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installer: Writing files: 72% complete
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installer: Writing files: 83% complete
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installer: Writing files: 92% complete
#
installer: Writing package receipt
installer: Finishing Installation…..
##
installer: Finishing Installation
#
installer:
installer: The software was successfully installed…..
installer: The upgrade was successful.
edss-power-mac-g5:~ eds$ ls /Applications/Firefox.app/
Contents
edss-power-mac-g5:~ eds$ ls /Applications/Thunderbird.app
ls: /Applications/Thunderbird.app: No such file or directory
edss-power-mac-g5:~ eds$ sudo installer -verbose -pkg /Volumes/Packages/Generic/Thunderbird-2.0.0.14.pkg -target /Volumes/BMStudioPPC
installer: Package name is Thunderbird
installer: Upgrading at base path /
installer: Preparing for installation…..
installer: Preparing the Disk…..
installer: Preparing Target Volume
#
installer: Preparing Thunderbird…..
installer:
installer: Installing Thunderbird…..
installer:
installer: Configuring Installation
#
installer: Validating package
installer: Writing files
installer: Writing files: 0% complete
#
installer: Writing files: 12% complete
installer: Writing files: 20% complete
#
installer: Writing files: 24% complete
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installer: Writing files: 39% complete
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installer: Writing files: 54% complete
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installer: Writing files: 63% complete
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installer: Writing files: 75% complete
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installer: Writing files: 85% complete
#
installer: Writing files: 95% complete
installer: Writing package receipt
#
installer: Finishing Installation…..
#
installer: Finishing Installation
#
installer:
installer: The software was successfully installed…..
installer: The upgrade was successful.
edss-power-mac-g5:~ eds$ ls /Applications/Thunderbird.app
Contents

The apps are there and fine. so I don’t think it is a problem with the packages unless when i am running instadmg the pkgs are doing the random diverting… for the install location. and really installing somewhere on my server.

[jasonpgignac]

It looks your log was for an install to the root volume. Could be your package only works on the system volume? I’d try mounting a system in Target mode, and then installing your package, see if it works then? Coul dbe that your install is working flawlessly but that it ain’t installing into InstaDMG – rather you keep installing into your host system.

[Patrick Fergus]

If the package installs but the files don’t appear, try running fseventer:

[url]http://fernlightning.com/doku.php?id=software:fseventer:start[/url]

while the installation is occurring (run it while running “installer” from outside InstaDMG, and then run it while the packages are installing from within InstaDMG (you’ll have to watch the logs to trigger it at the right time so you get relevant information))–it should be pretty clear where the files are going.

– Patrick

[nessts]

Just an update for anybody watching. I have a few more packages that are not there after being installed. So, I decided to let LANrev install stuff, especially small things that change rapidly like FireFox, T-bird etc.

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