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#!/bin/bash
# Create a complete OS .dmg file (it needs the Apple Developers Tools installed)
# usage:
# pkg-create.sh <contents-root-folder> <package-name> <package-version> <vendor-string>
#
CONTENTS=$1
shift
NAME=$1
shift
VERSION=$1
shift
VENDOR=$1
PKGID="$VENDOR.$NAME-$VERSION"
# unused pkg-info entries so far
#
# <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
# <string>$NAME</string>
# <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
# <string>????</string>
#
# Need the .plist file in order for the packagemaker to create a package which the
# pkgutil --packages later on would return an entry about. pkgutil can then --unlink
# and --forget about the package nicely.
#
cat > "$CONTENTS.plist" <<PINFO
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<pkg-info version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
<string>en</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>$PKGID</string>
<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
<string>6.0</string>
<key>CFBundleName</key>
<string>$NAME</string>
<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
<string>APPL</string>
<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
<string>$VERSION</string>
<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
<string>$VERSION</string>
</dict>
</pkg-info>
PINFO
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker \
--id "$PKGID" \
--info "$CONTENTS.plist" \
--root "$CONTENTS" \
--target 10.5 \
--out "$CONTENTS".pkg
hdiutil create "$CONTENTS.dmg" \
-format UDZO -ov \
-volname "$NAME $VERSION" \
-srcfolder $CONTENTS.pkg
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