[Casper] Configuration changes not being saved for Adobe installs

[James Nairn]

Hello,

We have found some inconsistencies when dealing with Adobe installs  
and Casper v5.13.

In the past we made a single package for CS3 and this worked very  
well. However for this AY we took advantage of Casper's ability do  
deal with CS3 and consequently made individual packages for each app,  
hoping that Casper would allow us to update the suite easily. We had  
problems with the updating mechanism at imaging time so we abandoned  
updating and planned to install the version that came on the media and  
leave it at that. Then we had more problems with the jamfHelper app  
and reverted back to our original single CS3 package.

We now have the following problem:

We deleted the Adobe Installer Images from  All Items | Adobe  
Installer Packages; they were moved to the Deleted Packages folder as  
expected. The trash was then emptied from Casper Admin.app and the  
Deleted Packages directory was empty. Saved the changes in Casper  
Admin.app and then quit the app. On re-opening the app the Adobe  
Installer Packages for CS3 had miraculously reappeared under the 'All'  
view type but not under 'Adobe Installer Images'. They are visible  
both in the JSS and the app. Obviously the software packages  
themselves have not risen from the dead!

At least once I have made changes using Casper Admin.app only to find  
they have not 'stuck' between sessions (and yes, I have saved!). This  
has caused some problems with our latest imaging round.


Are you aware of other users having similar problems?

Regards,

James

PS I was very tempted to change the subject line to 'Zombie CS3  
installs' but...


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James Nairn								mailto:jwrn3 at cam.ac.uk
Macintosh Systems Specialist			
University of Cambridge Computing Service
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