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XAR – *NEW* MacOS X 10.5 package format

December 30th, 2006skr3diiLeave a commentGo 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

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

  • la la la

    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&gt;

  • http://www.iMaciForums.com Fsy

    What’s the difference anyways?

  • AppleLegal

    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

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

  • james

    ok, maybe you would like to lose the snow?

  • Stefan24

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

  • Court K

    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

  • http://www.macgeekblog.com/ skr3dii

    Snow melted.

  • http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ Xara

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

  • http://neonkoala.sticktees.co.uk Neonkoala

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

  • http://www.matschaffer.com Mat

    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!

  • http://www.everything4360.com Rich

    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.

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