Use logGen for re-packaging OS X installers

Apr 02, '04 09:55:00AM

Contributed by: jlevitsk

The freeware command-line utility logGen is used for detecting filesystem changes after a preference change or package installation. This is primarily useful when creating your own .pkg files, so you know what you need to package. This package is o­nly compatible with OS X 10.3 and above, due to some perl modules that are missing in earlier version. This product meets an important need for enterprises that need to re-package software installs.

Using this script is very simple. Just run it once, and then install / change / remove whatever you want, and then run the script one more time. This was invaluable to me for repackaging the Windows Media Player 9 install at my company because Microsoft broke the VISE DoAutoInstall command that normally would be used to silent up an install. This has been the most important tool I've found in the past year.

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