jordansissel/fpm · error · ArgumentError

osxpkg-ownership value of '#{value}' is invalid. Must be one

Error message

osxpkg-ownership value of '#{value}' is invalid. Must be one of #{OWNERSHIP_OPTIONS.join(", ")}

What it means

Error "osxpkg-ownership value of '#{value}' is invalid. Must be one of #{OWNERSHIP_OPTIONS.join(", ")}" thrown in jordansissel/fpm.

Source

Thrown at lib/fpm/package/osxpkg.rb:33

  SCRIPT_MAP = {
    :before_install     => "preinstall",
    :after_install      => "postinstall",
  } unless defined?(SCRIPT_MAP)

  POSTINSTALL_ACTIONS = [ "logout", "restart", "shutdown" ]
  OWNERSHIP_OPTIONS = ["recommended", "preserve", "preserve-other"]

  option "--identifier-prefix", "IDENTIFIER_PREFIX",
    "Reverse domain prefix prepended to package identifier, " \
    "ie. 'org.great.my'. If this is omitted, the identifer " \
    "will be the package name."
  option "--payload-free", :flag, "Define no payload, assumes use of script options.",
    :default => false
  option "--ownership", "OWNERSHIP",
    "--ownership option passed to pkgbuild. Defaults to 'recommended'. " \
    "See pkgbuild(1).", :default => 'recommended' do |value|
    if !OWNERSHIP_OPTIONS.include?(value)
      raise ArgumentError, "osxpkg-ownership value of '#{value}' is invalid. " \
        "Must be one of #{OWNERSHIP_OPTIONS.join(", ")}"
    end
    value
  end

  option "--postinstall-action", "POSTINSTALL_ACTION",
    "Post-install action provided in package metadata. " \
    "Optionally one of '#{POSTINSTALL_ACTIONS.join("', '")}'." do |value|
    if !POSTINSTALL_ACTIONS.include?(value)
      raise ArgumentError, "osxpkg-postinstall-action value of '#{value}' is invalid. " \
        "Must be one of #{POSTINSTALL_ACTIONS.join(", ")}"
    end
    value
  end

  dont_obsolete_paths = []
  option "--dont-obsolete", "DONT_OBSOLETE_PATH",
    "A file path for which to 'dont-obsolete' in the built PackageInfo. " \

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/fpm/package/osxpkg.rb:33 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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