On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Allan Marcus<al...@lanl.gov> wrote:
>
> I just found the check box in Package Maker to follow symlinks. You
> have to double click on each package to get at that preference. I
> don't understand why it's not in the Configuration screen.
>
> At any rate, my meta installer is now working. Thanks for the help.
Do you think it's worth me creating a meta-installer for Puppet +
Facter for distribution?
>
> BTW, I've started using Deep Freeze to restore a system to a pristine
> state in my test environment. It's awesome; just reboot and your
> computer is back to where it was when you "froze" the state. They have
> it for Windowz too. Very mush worth the money.
>
> ---
> Thanks,
>
> Allan Marcus
> 505-667-5666
>
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Nigel Kersten wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Jason Hueske<schwi...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> One culprit that I've seen repeatedly is the set of drivers for
>>> Sierra
>>> Wireless Aircards, if that helps. Leopard and Tiger do indeed keep
>>> ruby in separate locations and some installers don't honor that
>>> difference correctly when they bundle it.
>>
>> * shakes fist at Sierra drivers.
>>
>> So they don't have to be treated as separate locations.
>>
>> on Tiger, /usr/lib/ruby, /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby are both directories.
>>
>> On Leopard, they're symlinks.
>>
>> So long as packages are set to follow symlinks and not overwrite them,
>> it's safe to install to the symlink location.
>>
>> Unfortunately due to limitations in the pkg format, it's difficult to
>> produce an easily auditable package that installs to different
>> locations based upon the target OS. I'd have to create an mpkg with
>> different packages for Leopard and Tiger, and I resent having to put
>> in that work due to other people's broken packages :)
>>
>> Allan, the setting you want is:
>>
>> <key>IFPkgFlagFollowLinks</key>
>> <true/>
>>
>> If a metapackage IFPkgFlagFollowLinks setting overrides that of child
>> pkgs, I'd be tempted to report that as a bug to Apple, as it's kind of
>> shitty behavior.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 25, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Allan Marcus<al...@lanl.gov> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> ruby -I /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8 puppetd
>>>>>
>>>>> works! Now why would that work? Do I need to set RUBYLIB when using
>>>>> the installer packages?
>>>>
>>>> Are you sure you're not doing something weird with your Ruby
>>>> install?
>>>>
>>>> On Leopard, do you have the default symlinks still?
>>>>
>>>> /usr/lib/ruby ->
>>>> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/Current/usr/
>>>> lib/ruby
>>>>
>>>> /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby ->
>>>> ../../../../../../../../../../Library/Ruby/Site
>>>>
>>>> There are packages out there that incorrectly fail to follow
>>>> symlinks
>>>> for these directories, and break Ruby in lots of ways under Leopard.
>>>> Older bundled packages of RubyCocoa are a prime culprit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Allan Marcus
>>>>> 505-667-5666
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 25, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Allan Marcus wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 25, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Allan Marcus<al...@lanl.gov>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Actually, I tried it on a fresh Tiger build and I get the same
>>>>>>>> results :-(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're definitely running /usr/bin/puppetd and /usr/bin/facter ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes. confirmed with 'which'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/{facter,puppet} exist ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this is on a freshly installed updated leopard machine. Install
>>>>>> leopard. Run SW Update. Install factor. install puppet. run
>>>>>> puppet.
>>>>>> fail :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did notice the installer for factor is for 1.5.4, which I don't
>>>>>> think is the current version. Is there a more recent Mac installer
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> factor? Could this be the issue? I got the installers from
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/a/explanatorygap.net/puppet/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just installed them on a fresh Tiger install the other day with
>>>>>>> no
>>>>>>> problems....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Allan Marcus
>>>>>>>> 505-667-5666
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Allan Marcus wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I installed facter and puppet from MacPorts and they seemed to
>>>>>>>>> work
>>>>>>>>> just fine. Since I will be deploying from the packages at
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So, I uninstalled from MacPorts and installed from the
>>>>>>>>> packages.
>>>>>>>>> If I
>>>>>>>>> try to run facter or puppetd I get errors. Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> bash-3.2# facter
>>>>>>>>> /usr/bin/facter:50:in `require': no such file to load -- facter
>>>>>>>>> (LoadError)
>>>>>>>>> from /usr/bin/facter:50
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> bash-3.2# puppetd
>>>>>>>>> /usr/bin/puppetd:164:in `require': no such file to load --
>>>>>>>>> puppet
>>>>>>>>> (LoadError)
>>>>>>>>> from /usr/bin/puppetd:164
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Allan Marcus
>>>>>>>>> 505-667-5666
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Nigel Kersten
>>>>>>> nig...@google.com
>>>>>>> System Administrator
>>>>>>> Google, Inc.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Nigel Kersten
>>>> nig...@google.com
>>>> System Administrator
>>>> Google, Inc.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nigel Kersten
>> nig...@google.com
>> System Administrator
>> Google, Inc.
>>
>> >
>
>
> >
>
--
Nigel Kersten
nig...@google.com
System Administrator
Google, Inc.
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