does the plist file require hash/size?

[rzaidi]

Just starting out with using update-engine...I was wondering does the
plist file that goes on the server require a hash setting and a size
setting?? or are those optional?? trying to make this simple for
testing and would prefer to not have to bother with that for testing
purposes...

thanks, raza

[Greg Miller]

They are required. However, these values are very easy to calculate.
Just write a small shell script to spit out your server plist for you.
Getting the DMG's size is trivial, and the hash can be calculated with
"openssl sha1 -binary <dmg>| openssl base64". See
http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/wiki/PlistServerConfiguration
for more details.

Oh, one more thing that can make testing a lot easier: use file: URLs
for testing rather than http(s): URLs. This can make testing a lot
simpler and faster because all your files (including the server plist)
can sit locally on your machine.

HTH,
G~

[rzaidi]

thanks, Greg...yeah, we ended up writing a small script..no big
deal...update-engine works like a charm...

ciao, raza

On Nov 3, 10:57 pm, Greg Miller <dev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They are required. However, these values are very easy to calculate.
> Just write a small shell script to spit out your server plist for you.
> Getting the DMG's size is trivial, and the hash can be calculated with

> "openssl sha1 -binary <dmg>| openssl base64". Seehttp://code.google.com/p/update-engine/wiki/PlistServerConfiguration