Ok so I'm making a few tweaks to a software install package (.pkg) I opened the .pkg in the Flat Package Editor and dragged the "Payload" file to my desktop, unpacked it and made all my changes (very minor changes; just a few text strings that don't affect anything programatically) within the archive using Hex Feind, and I was careful to leave the same number of characters and ending up with the same file size for each file I futzed with.
My challenge is now to repackage the "Payload" archive so that it will happily reclaim its place inside the .pkg file... and hopefully installation will go off without a hitch.
Apparently the final "Payload" file should be a cpio archive compressed with gzip.
I've googled and googled and googled and I can't cobble together anything that makes sense. I have very little experience with terminal (basically just a bit of grep'ing here and there)
Any help will be met with copious gratitude!
My challenge is now to repackage the "Payload" archive so that it will happily reclaim its place inside the .pkg file... and hopefully installation will go off without a hitch.
Apparently the final "Payload" file should be a cpio archive compressed with gzip.
I've googled and googled and googled and I can't cobble together anything that makes sense. I have very little experience with terminal (basically just a bit of grep'ing here and there)
Any help will be met with copious gratitude!