On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 2:39 PM Andy Herrick <andy.herr...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > > On 6/25/2019 1:44 PM, Scott Palmer wrote: > > I just tried this out. One thing that has changed since my last testing > was the “create-installer” vs “--package-type” parameter. > > > > “--package-type all” isn’t allowed. If I want to create .rpm and .deb, > or .exe. and .msi, do I need to run twice now? > Yes - the new model is that only one artifact generated by each > invocation of the jpackage command. To build both artifacts now > requires running the tool twice. This avoids a problem in the previous > implementation when one package type succeeded and another failed. > I'm doing things in up to three steps now... first run jpackage to create the application image, then run once to create each of the package types I want from the application image, e.g. deb and rpm, or msi and exe. I assume that is the right way to do it to reduce redundant operations... though I suspect if making a msi and an exe there may still be optimizations possible. > > The --help output on macOS ends with the line “Platform dependent > options for creating the application package:” with no options listed after > that. Are there options for setting the background graphic image of the > installer package and different images for each flavour of .dmg? The .dmg > with the Application Bundle should be able to have a different background > image than the .dmg with a .pkg installer. The most common contents of the > Application Bundle .dmg are a alias to the Applications folder and an arrow > graphic on the background to suggest dragging the app bundle to the > Applications folder. For a installer package no such arrow image would be > needed, though you may have a graphic with some instructions, or just > branding imagery. > Currently there are no “Platform dependent options for creating the > application package:”, but this seems like a good suggestion to add one. > Would "mac-dmg-image" or "mac-dmg-background" be an appropriate option > name for such an option ? > I don't like "image" because we are already dealing with that term referring to something else when using the "--app-image" parameter, so I would go with background. I also just noticed that "--icon" is not allowed with "--package-type msi" when creating the msi using --app-image. It should be, unless there is some other way to set the icon to show in "Add or Remove programs"? Regards, Scott
