AppPkgCreator

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Description

Calls autopkgserver to create a package from an application.

Introduced in AutoPkg version 1.0.

Input Variables

• app_path:
  • required: False
  • description: Path to an application to be packaged. Can be on a disk image and globbed. If not set, defaults to %pathname%/*.app. Typically %pathname% points to a disk image downloaded in a prior recipe step.
• pkg_path:
  • required: False
  • description: The pathname for the pkg to be created. If not set, defaults to %RECIPE_CACHE_DIR%/%app_name%-%version%.pkg
• bundleid:
  • required: False
  • description: Bundle identifier of the app. If not set, will be extracted from the CFBundleIdentifier in the app's Info.plist.
• version:
  • required: False
  • description: Version of the app. If not set, will be extracted from the CFBundleShortVersionString in the app's Info.plist.
• version_key:
  • required: False
  • description: Alternate key from which to get the app version. If the key does not exist in the app's Info.plist, a ProcessorError will be raised.
  • default: CFBundleShortVersionString
• force_pkg_build:
  • required: False
  • description: When set, this forces building a new package even if a package already exists in the output directory with the same identifier and version number. Defaults to False
  • default: False

Output Variables

• new_package_request:
  • description: True if a new package was actually requested to be built. False if a package with the same filename, identifier and version already exists and thus no package was built (see 'force_pkg_build' input variable.)
• version:
  • description: Version of the app.
• app_pkg_creator_summary_result:
  • description: Description of interesting results.