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John Lockwood, Graham Gilbert2

Sep 21

Re: Oracle Java 8 JRE recipe

Unfortunately this is one of the apps that we have an interested party manually download and place in

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Re: Oracle Java 8 JRE recipe

Unfortunately this is one of the apps that we have an interested party manually download and place in

Sep 21

Aug 31

Call for assistance: Github Enterprise testing

I am reasonably certain that GitHub Enterprise functionality in the 3.0.0RC1 / dev branch is

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Call for assistance: Github Enterprise testing

I am reasonably certain that GitHub Enterprise functionality in the 3.0.0RC1 / dev branch is

Aug 31

Aug 22

AutoPkg 3.0 RC1

https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases/tag/v3.0.0RC1 Given the massive number of fundamental

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AutoPkg 3.0 RC1

https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases/tag/v3.0.0RC1 Given the massive number of fundamental

Aug 22

Aug 9

AutoPkg 2.8.1 RC3 now available

AutoPkg 2.8.1 pre-release is now available as a package: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases/

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AutoPkg 2.8.1 RC3 now available

AutoPkg 2.8.1 pre-release is now available as a package: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases/

Aug 9

John Lockwood, … Elliot Jordan12

Aug 5

AutoPkg download recipe for downloading a .app

I would recommend naming the files PaperCutClient.download.recipe (for example) instead of PCClient,

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AutoPkg download recipe for downloading a .app

I would recommend naming the files PaperCutClient.download.recipe (for example) instead of PCClient,

Aug 5

John Lockwood, … Graham Pugh5

Aug 1

URLTextSearcher and ampersands in the URL

@Graham Pugh Many thanks for pointing me at your existing download recipe. I have modified my Munki

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URLTextSearcher and ampersands in the URL

@Graham Pugh Many thanks for pointing me at your existing download recipe. I have modified my Munki

Aug 1

John Lockwood, … Gregory Neagle16

Jul 28

Pkg on a Dmg and version numbers

@Anthony Reimer I have moved the PathCleaner, however I found I had to leave one file and I can live

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Pkg on a Dmg and version numbers

@Anthony Reimer I have moved the PathCleaner, however I found I had to leave one file and I can live

Jul 28

Matthias Bretz, Elliot Jordan3

Jun 21

Need help finding way to request download by POST

Thanks a lot Elliot, guess I have to educate myself about using the Chrome inspector. For the moment

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Need help finding way to request download by POST

Thanks a lot Elliot, guess I have to educate myself about using the Chrome inspector. For the moment

Jun 21

John Lockwood, Gregory Neagle2

Jun 12

AutoPkg repeatedly reporting 'copying' the same updates

“copied” is what an AutoPkg pkg recipe does if the download actually produces a package and no

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AutoPkg repeatedly reporting 'copying' the same updates

“copied” is what an AutoPkg pkg recipe does if the download actually produces a package and no

Jun 12

MSP Admin, … Vaughn Miller7

12/1/22

Autopkg not fully installed?

I see how it works now. Thanks for pointing this out. On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 3:17:19 PM UTC

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Autopkg not fully installed?

I see how it works now. Thanks for pointing this out. On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 3:17:19 PM UTC

12/1/22

11/18/22

Re: [autopkg-discuss] Abridged summary of autopkg-discuss@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

I would appreciate the continued existence of the install verb and processor so I'll test this

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Re: [autopkg-discuss] Abridged summary of autopkg-discuss@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

I would appreciate the continued existence of the install verb and processor so I'll test this

11/18/22

Anthony Reimer, … Gregory Neagle3

11/17/22

Proposed: Remove install verb and processor

" I would probably need someone to do the work to fix the code and PR it,” I did exactly that

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Proposed: Remove install verb and processor

" I would probably need someone to do the work to fix the code and PR it,” I did exactly that

11/17/22

11/3/22

Possible macOS AutoPkg recipe?

Small update. Having just re-run installinstallmacos.py it looks like it would make. more sense for

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Possible macOS AutoPkg recipe?

Small update. Having just re-run installinstallmacos.py it looks like it would make. more sense for

11/3/22

b...@macmule.com

11/2/22

com.apple.quarantine attribute causing issues

Hi folks, We have a recipe for a title, where the installer has the com.apple.quarantine attribute

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com.apple.quarantine attribute causing issues

Hi folks, We have a recipe for a title, where the installer has the com.apple.quarantine attribute

11/2/22

MSP Admin, Elliot Jordan2

10/4/22

.pkg installer inside of .dmg download link

ChronoSync provides a dmg with a pkg inside: https://github.com/autopkg/homebysix-recipes/blob/master

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.pkg installer inside of .dmg download link

ChronoSync provides a dmg with a pkg inside: https://github.com/autopkg/homebysix-recipes/blob/master

10/4/22

John Lockwood, Nick McSpadden2

9/13/22

Autopkg and Selenium

My suggestion would be to not use homebrew at all for this. Selenium hosts Webdriver downloads for

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Autopkg and Selenium

My suggestion would be to not use homebrew at all for this. Selenium hosts Webdriver downloads for

9/13/22

John Lockwood, … Ben Toms4

9/6/22

Autopkg and Adobe Creative Cloud and updates?

Thanks, Mike <3 Yes NUL work, we use NUL and license with SDL post as needed (we're an MSP).

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Autopkg and Adobe Creative Cloud and updates?

Thanks, Mike <3 Yes NUL work, we use NUL and license with SDL post as needed (we're an MSP).

9/6/22

Thaddeus Fernandes

8/22/22

Jenkins with Autopkg

Hi All, Anyone using Jenkins job to run autopkg and repo sync? Need some help on how to set this up

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Jenkins with Autopkg

Hi All, Anyone using Jenkins job to run autopkg and repo sync? Need some help on how to set this up

8/22/22

6/1/22

MunkiOptionalReceiptEditor now in core processors

I've added the MunkiOptionalReceiptEditor core processor to the dev branch, and tested it on a

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MunkiOptionalReceiptEditor now in core processors

I've added the MunkiOptionalReceiptEditor core processor to the dev branch, and tested it on a

6/1/22

Matthew Forrest, … Anthony Reimer5

5/5/22

.jss recipe deprecation

If you look at the blog post Graham Pugh wrote on the new tool earlier this week, he answers that

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.jss recipe deprecation

If you look at the blog post Graham Pugh wrote on the new tool earlier this week, he answers that

5/5/22

Nick McSpadden, … Graham Pugh6

4/27/22

New concept: Recipe Chains

To echo Erik, this does seem like a problem solved by just cloning your repo-list at the start of the

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New concept: Recipe Chains

To echo Erik, this does seem like a problem solved by just cloning your repo-list at the start of the

4/27/22

Steven Swierczek, Greg Neagle2

4/25/22

Gatekeeper Blocking Installation

autopkg is an open source project. There no company or real organization behind it, just a rag-tag

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Gatekeeper Blocking Installation

autopkg is an open source project. There no company or real organization behind it, just a rag-tag

4/25/22

4/18/22

New Pre-release 2.6.0 beta 1

Greetings! Hot on the heels of AutoPkg 2.5 pre-release, we're ready to release 2.6.0 fully to the

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New Pre-release 2.6.0 beta 1

Greetings! Hot on the heels of AutoPkg 2.5 pre-release, we're ready to release 2.6.0 fully to the

4/18/22

3/15/22

AutoPkg 2.4.1 released with Apple Silicon importing support

https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases/tag/v2.4.1 The main feature here is that MunkiImporter

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AutoPkg 2.4.1 released with Apple Silicon importing support

https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/releases/tag/v2.4.1 The main feature here is that MunkiImporter

3/15/22

Graham Pugh, … Nick McSpadden3

12/26/21

Changing default branch of an autopkg org repo from master to main

It doesn't seem that useful to me to spend a lot of effort putting in code for something that

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Changing default branch of an autopkg org repo from master to main

It doesn't seem that useful to me to spend a lot of effort putting in code for something that

12/26/21

Abdelaziz Darouichi, Nick McSpadden3

12/21/21

Duplicated packages

will do. Thank you On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM Nick McSpadden <nmcsp...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Duplicated packages

will do. Thank you On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM Nick McSpadden <nmcsp...@gmail.com> wrote:

12/21/21

Nick McSpadden, … Graham Pugh9

12/21/21

New AutoPkg dev release: 2.3.2 (will be 2.4 soon)

I've re-released this beta with a single fix as 2.4.1: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/

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New AutoPkg dev release: 2.3.2 (will be 2.4 soon)

I've re-released this beta with a single fix as 2.4.1: https://github.com/autopkg/autopkg/

12/21/21

Armin Briegel, Nick McSpadden2

11/24/21

Monterey pkgbuild provides more efficient compression option which AutoPkg could use

Does this option only exist on Monterey? In other words, we'd have to make PkgCreator check if we

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Monterey pkgbuild provides more efficient compression option which AutoPkg could use

Does this option only exist on Monterey? In other words, we'd have to make PkgCreator check if we

11/24/21

David McAdam, … Graham Pugh4

6/28/21

Bundle two pkgs together

Hi David and Elliot Although the JamfUploader processors are more flexible for creating multiple

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Bundle two pkgs together

Hi David and Elliot Although the JamfUploader processors are more flexible for creating multiple

6/28/21

Matthias Bretz, … Graham Pugh6

5/31/21

how to copy from repository-dir to cache-dir

Hi Graham, yes it does. I'm new to autopkg and as part of learning I try to create as much as

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how to copy from repository-dir to cache-dir

Hi Graham, yes it does. I'm new to autopkg and as part of learning I try to create as much as

5/31/21

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