OK, answer me this. I can send this out and manually run the installer, and I can package it up and send it out with LANrev (using the actual installer off the dmg)but if I include this in a metapackage with other files...it doesn't install...I see the installer log file shows me it knows about it, but it just skips it right over...
Anyone have any ideas on how I can incorporate this into another meta-package (not a distribution package)..? -Mike ________________________________________________ Michael Perbix Lower Merion School District Network Technician > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] [mailto:Entourage- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Perbix, Michael > >Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:14 PM > >To: Entourage:mac Talk > >Subject: Re: [ANN] Updaters for Office 2004 and Office 2008 > > > >Yes, that is what we opted to do. The installer works fine when pushed > >from LANrev....so we will tell them to move forward and set-up their > >accounts and just click past that dialog...then update sometime in the > >future. > > > >Thank you. > > > > -Mike > > > > > >On 8/14/08 8:51 AM, "William Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Hi Mike! > > > >I can certainly appreciate the idea but I think you're asking for > >trouble. > > > >First, the Office applications aren't really stand-alone. They all share > >common components. If you attempt to only update Entourage you may fail > >to > >update some of the common components it requires. You could also break > >some > >features such as Word's mail merge or its ability to use the Entourage > >Address Book. > > > >Also, we've have a lot of reports in the Microsoft Entourage newsgroup of > >folks who have run Monolingual on their Office 2008 installs. Monolingual > >removes extra language support files from Office. (In a sense, you're > >also > >trying to alter the install to something unsupported by Microsoft.) Now, > >because they've altered the installed files, they can't apply any > >updates. > >Their only option is to completely uninstall and then install again. > > > >My suggestion is to distribute documentation with the laptops about the > >SSL > >problem so that folks are aware of it and then begin the process of > >properly > >updating. Those who don't read your documentation can be updated when > >they > >contact you for help. Not an ideal solution but safer IMHO. > > > >-- > > > >bill > > > >Entourage Help Page > ><http://entourage.mvps.org/><http://entourage.mvps.org/> > >Entourage Help Blog > ><http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/><http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> > >YouTalk > ><http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk><http://nine.pairlist. > >net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> > >Twitter: follow meck > > > >On Thursday 8/14/08 7:28 AM, "Perbix, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The reason I only want Entourage, is it is 13 megs to push out, as > >opposed to > >> the whole update which is a 164 meg push out. I would then followup > >with the > >> full update after the rush of the beginning of school is done. > >> > >> On 8/13/08 4:26 PM, "Perbix, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Well the main reason is MS was kind enough to use an Apple Distribution > >> meta-package...so I can simply enclose that in LANrev and push it out > >to > >> laptops, and they get it and install (I do this with Shockwave, full > >installer > >> for one example)...if the package has no user options, or requires any > >input. > >> > >> The update does fix the SSL issue for us. We tested on a few already. > >> > >> I was trying to avoid installing and re-packaging...but of course, that > >is one > >> option. > >> > >> On 8/13/08 4:07 PM, "Paul Teeter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Mike: > >> > >> Why not re-package the entire update with Iceberg or PackageMaker, then > >> deploy to all the laptops with Apple Remote Desktop? > >> > >> 6500 laptops might take while, but at least they'll get uniformly > >updated? > >> > >> On 8/13/08 12:33 PM, "Diane Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> This is not advised. FYI, the SSL is still broken for me and a few > >others. > >>> I'm working with the developers to see if we can find a fix. > >>> > >>> If this is your main reason for updating, I would do one test case. > >>> > >>> Perbix, Michael wrote: > >>> > >>>> Is it possible to only apply an update to Entourage? It fixes the > >SSL error > >>>> we were having, and we are already into 6500 laptops imaged. What I > >would > >>>> like to do is push out the update for Entourage only to resolve this > >issue, > >>>> unless it causes an issue with other components or future updates. > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe: > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]><mailto:Entourage-Talk- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >archives: > ><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage- > >talk%40lists.letterrip.com/><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage- > >talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > >old-archive: > ><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage- > >talk%40lists.boingo.com/><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage- > >talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe: > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >archives: > ><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > >old-archive: > ><http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
