[123900] trunk/base/doc/port-dmg.1.txt

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Fri Aug 15 17:26:26 PDT 2014


> On Aug 15, 2014, at 4:47 PM, cal at macports.org wrote:
> 
> Revision
> 123900
> Author
> cal at macports.org
> Date
> 2014-08-15 14:47:47 -0700 (Fri, 15 Aug 2014)
> Log Message
> 
> base: port-dmg manpage: address Ryan's comments

> Modified: trunk/base/doc/port-dmg.1.txt (123899 => 123900)

> +On OS X 10.6 and later, the generated installer packages are in "flat" format,
> +such that wrapping them in a disk image is no longer necessary for online
> +redistribution. Prior to OS X 10.6, generated installer packages use a resource
> +fork and can thus not be used for online distribution without a wrapping disk
> +image.

Non-flat packages didn't use resource forks, to my knowledge; rather, they were bundles--i.e. directories containing lots of files.





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