Hans-Christoph Steiner said this at Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:43:54 +0100:
Is there any reason why PackageMaker can't be used to build the
installer?When I started with this build system, Apple hadn't released info on
the command line options for PackageMaker.app. They have now, so a
Makefile can now make a .pkg from a file created by PackageMaker. But
the current method, using /usr/bin/package, works well and is easy to
imitate so I don't plan on changing the Makefiles, unless
/usr/bin/package disappears.
Having struggled with PackageMaker.app in a couple previous versions, I say that Hans-Christoph is very wise for going with the scriptable CLI version. It was, as they say here in their charming english way, a "pile of pants." :) adam