Difference between postflight and postinstall

[jszaszvari]

Does anyone know the difference between the two?

I'm struggling to work out if they actually run the script at a different time?

John

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John Szaszvari
Network Manager | Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

[rockpapergoat]

check this for some details. the order is listed in apple's docs, as well.

http://macadmins.psu.edu/2011presentations/PSUMAC208-Intro_to_Packaging-Rusty_Myers.pdf

[bkvines]

John,

My understanding is this: - Postflight: Runs at the end of the installation process, whether the Installer thought it was performing an upgrade or a new installation. - Postinstall: Runs at the en of the installation process, but only if it the Installer thought it was performing a new installation.

I use the same distinction for "preflight" versus "preinstall".

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Bryan Vines
Systems Administrator
Watts | Guerra | Craft LLP

[Chris_Hafner]

Also, preflight/postflight scripts cannot be used with a flat .pkg