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[dead2sin]

[QUOTE][u]Quote by: Westin[/u][p]Does anyone have a solution for Office 2008 updates when it comes to Mac OS X 10.5?

dead2sin: have you found a solution to the problem?

-Westin[/p][/QUOTE]

Not yet. Back on 10.5.x, I myself repacked Office 2008 using Composer. I’ll have to play with it as I get time.

Nate

[dead2sin]

I just got a 10.5.8 box up and I’m building a test 10.5_vanilla image to make sure that much works. I’ll let you know if I figure anything out with O2k8.

[dead2sin]

I have a solution for this. The Office installer is looking for a specific java file it seems and when it can’t find it, it fails. This is because the install is chrooted.

Now, I’m not sure what Larkost thinks about doing this and I’m not sure if it will break other stuff or not, but I found that by setting “DISABLE_CHROOT=true” in instadmg.bash, Office installed perfectly using the method that I use for 10.6. As far as I know, 10.6 images are built without having chroot jails, so I’m not certain if it really matters for 10.5.x builds or not.

I say try disabling chroot and give the build a shot. See if it all works well and test test test.

Nate

[Brigandy]

Larkost,

If we change the instadmg.bash script to “DISABLE_CHROOT=true”, will it cause other problems?

We are trying to get the Office 2008 installer to play nice with Mac OS X 10.5.x.

[Brigandy]

Larkost,

If we change the instadmg.bash script to “DISABLE_CHROOT=true”, will it cause other problems?

We are trying to get the Office 2008 installer to play nice with Mac OS X 10.5.x.

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