We ultimately are modifying this DMG, which is the whole point of this script to a new DMG, that has the flat files repaired. In my case I used a iLife 11 Install DMG that I created in Disk Utility. You must be as confused as I was Matthew. This tool is brand new, and could very well have bugs, but I hope it’s useful to some! flatpkgfixer.py /path/to/iLife11.dmg /path/to/iLife11_fixed.dmg Or can fix up an entire disk image containing packages: flatpkgfixer.py /path/to/expired.pkg /path/to/new_fixed.pkg This tool will remove package signing either from a single flat package: To help, I offer yet another tool - flatpkgfixer.py. So there you have it - a way to fix packages broken by the Package Apocalypse. the command-line installer tool will happily (at least as of this writing) install unsigned flat packages. Pkgutil -flatten /tmp/SomeFlat.pkg SomeFlatFixed.pkgĮxpanding and reflattening a flat package has a side-effect of removing the package signing. Pkgutil -expand SomeFlat.pkg /tmp/SomeFlat.pkg It turns out that you can do this with an Apple-provided tool - pkgutil. So the ideal solution here is to somehow fix the packages with expired signatures so they will work with your software distribution mechanism. Not all iLife ’11 apps from the DVD have App Store equivalents, and distributing the App Store versions is a whole different set of issues. The only “replacement” available would be the Mac App Store versions of the iLife 11 apps. In my previous post, I provided a tool to enable you to check your collection(s) of packages to determine if any are affected by the Package Apocalypse.īut what to do once you’ve found packages with expired signatures? If Apple has provided an updated replacement package at, it’s probably best to replace the package with the expired signature with the updated one.īut that might not always be possible - Apple has not provided replacements for every package that has been affected, or the replacement might not be practical to use.įor example, the packages included in the iLife ’11 Install DVD have expired signatures.
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