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XAR – NEW MacOS X 10.5 package format

December 30th, 2006 skr3dii Leave a comment Go to comments

New package format in MacOS X 10.5 implemented by Apple.
They chose XAR.

Seems they made the decision a few months ago, but it’s finally implemented
in the last seed of MacOS X 10.5 (link)

The latest release seeded to developers has the xar tool and libxar.

Package Maker and Installer have been adapted to create and install
packages using the xar format (respectively).
Should we expect a major update of Pacifist software soon?

Interesting links:

www.opendarwin.org/projects/xar/
www.opendarwin.org/~bbraun/whyxar.html

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AppleLegal

December 31st, 2006 at 05:36 | #1

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Just because a lib was added, doesn’t mean that apple’s switching to a new format.
la la la

December 31st, 2006 at 06:06 | #2

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No, but if Apple comes out and *says* they are switching, then they probably are.

See <http://www.nabble.com/xar-in-Mac-OS-X-t2081148.html>
Fsy

December 31st, 2006 at 06:12 | #3

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What’s the difference anyways?
AppleLegal

December 31st, 2006 at 06:13 | #4

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How do ya know what its used for? for all we know, they’re going to compress .kext’s. or they’re just adding support as an additional option for developers to use.
Jon

December 31st, 2006 at 06:16 | #5

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Oh noess!!! Does this mean mac users will not be able to run it?
james

December 31st, 2006 at 07:14 | #6

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ok, maybe you would like to lose the snow?
Stefan24

December 31st, 2006 at 07:22 | #7

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I can’t read the story correctly because the snow is really annoying please stop it now !!
Court K

December 31st, 2006 at 07:30 | #8

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Apple is switching formats including it’s Installer tool as well, anyone who attended WWDC sessions would know this. The new package formats allow for updates on the fly, setting the URL as the file download (so you can just run the installer and the latest version gets installed, digitally signed and all. All the info is available to select and
premier developer accounts
skr3dii

December 31st, 2006 at 12:21 | #9

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Snow melted.
Xara

December 31st, 2006 at 12:24 | #10

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Hooray, another open source project using the .XAR file extension.
Neonkoala

January 2nd, 2007 at 00:00 | #11

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Looks pretty slick – it was in need of a revamp though.
Mat

January 2nd, 2007 at 20:17 | #12

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Between this, native GTK support, ZFS and Mac OS forge, Leopard is going to be filled with some serious open source win. I can’t wait for next week!
Rich

September 9th, 2008 at 17:25 | #13

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This is great you can download and burn for mac osx, can’t wait to see all the open source software coming out. It’s a complete 360.