[Casper] dummy receipts, maybe a question for miles

[Miles Leacy]

I suppose either would work, but I'd have to test to be sure.  It's my best
guess that the problem is that there's nothing in the package to index.
 Only testing or a comment from JAMF would verify my assumption.
Out of curiosity, why do you need to index dummy packages?  All they will
install is a receipt.  You know what that receipt is called and where it is
saved.  If you need to get rid of it, why not use rm -R
/Library/Receipts/nameOfDummyPackage.pkg ?

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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  What if you just put a simple script in the package, like
>
>  *#!/bin/bash*
>
>  *echo "hello world"*
>
>  *exit*
>
> *done*
>
>  I mean that would be harmless, could you index it then?
>
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> >>> Miles Leacy <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> 02/06/09 10:51 AM >>>
>
> I would imagine you could index the dummy package, however there's nothing
> in it to index.  Perhaps that's giving Casper's index and uninstall systems
> a fit.
>
>
>   You might get around this by creating
> /Library/DummyPackages/myDummyPackage.txt and rolling it up in your dummy
> package.  This will give Casper something to index, and hopefully avoid the
> behavior you're seeing with indexing and uninstalling.
>
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>   2009/2/6 Criss Myers
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> <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
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>
>   Another one,
>>
>>
>>  Maybe for Miles,
>>
>>
>>  Can you index a dummy receipts, i am guess that because it contains no
>> contents that it cannot be indexed?
>>
>>
>>  I have tried to index a dummy receipt, Casper Admin says it has indexed
>> and it then shows up as YES to index and i can then select the allow
>> uninstall, however in the jss web interface both Casper admin and when i
>> create a policy the dummy packages shows up as not being indexed and thus
>> cannot be uninstalled.
>>
>>
>>  Criss
>>
>>
>> Criss Myers
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