[Q] Update.zip (that I created) Aborts - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I followed this tutorial: http://fokke.org/site/content/howto-create-android-updatezip-package
...on making update.zip files.
It only says opening... installing... then installation aborted.
I followed the directions to the letter.
It doesn´t even go so far as to do the ui print from step one.
Code:
ui_print("Android Security Enhancements");
ui_print("By: Michiel Fokke - fokke.org/android");
show_progress(1.000000, 0);
ui_print(" Mounting /system");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
set_progress(0.100000);
So I don't think it runs any of the code at all.
I signed it and everything... no dice.
Any idea what the problem could be?

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Now I've got the exact text in front of me from CWM Recovery:
Code:
--Installing: /emmc/Updates/update.zip
Finding update package....
Opening update package...
Installing update..
E:Error in /emmc/Updates/update.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
And here´s the exact text of my update.zip:
Code:
ui_print("Simple Font Change");
ui_print("By: Team Rainless");
show_progress(1.000000, 0);
ui_print(" Mounting /system");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
set_progress(0.100000);
ui_print(" Extracting files to /system");
package_extract_dir("system/fonts/Clockopia2.ttf", "/system/fonts");
set_progress(0.200000);
ui_print(" Setting permissions to 0644...");
set_perm(0,0,0644,"/system/fonts/Clockopia2.ttf");
set_progress(0.400000);
ui_print(" Unmounting /system");
unmount("/system");
set_progress(0.900000);
ui_print("Update complete. Hope this worked!");
set_progress(1.000000);

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Should I perhaps post this in the dev forum instead?
It's really not a general or easy question...

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TeamRainless said:
Now I've got the exact text in front of me from CWM Recovery:
Code:
--Installing: /emmc/Updates/update.zip
Finding update package....
Opening update package...
Installing update..
E:Error in /emmc/Updates/update.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
And here´s the exact text of my update.zip:
Code:
ui_print("Simple Font Change");
ui_print("By: Team Rainless");
show_progress(1.000000, 0);
ui_print(" Mounting /system");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
set_progress(0.100000);
ui_print(" Extracting files to /system");
package_extract_dir("system/fonts/Clockopia2.ttf", "/system/fonts");
set_progress(0.200000);
ui_print(" Setting permissions to 0644...");
set_perm(0,0,0644,"/system/fonts/Clockopia2.ttf");
set_progress(0.400000);
ui_print(" Unmounting /system");
unmount("/system");
set_progress(0.900000);
ui_print("Update complete. Hope this worked!");
set_progress(1.000000);
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TeamRainless said:
Should I perhaps post this in the dev forum instead?
It's really not a general or easy question...
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This is the right section as it's not development as such but a development question which the dev thread isn't for. This covers all really and you'll always get someone read and come and answer.
Anyway just the first thing I've noticed is your mount instruction looks completely wrong to me and have never seen it like that. I've never read those instructions before but they don't look too great. Also I thought the extract should be ("label", "location").
This is what is common across all the zips I use:
Mount command:
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
Package extract:
Code:
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
package_extract_file("Clockopia2.ttf", "/system/fonts")
I may be wrong about the extract but also don't forget to unmount the system in the same way:
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "unmount", "/system");
I only really modify zips as opposed to create whole new ones but give it a go as yours isn't working at the moment.
Hope it helps or someone clarifies this for me too.

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AvRS said:
This is the right section as it's not development as such but a development question which the dev thread isn't for. This covers all really and you'll always get someone read and come and answer.
Anyway just the first thing I've noticed is your mount instruction looks completely wrong to me and have never seen it like that. I've never read those instructions before but they don't look too great. Also I thought the extract should be ("label", "location").
This is what is common across all the zips I use:
Mount command:
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
Package extract:
Code:
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
package_extract_file("Clockopia2.ttf", "/system/fonts")
I may be wrong about the extract but also don't forget to unmount the system in the same way:
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "unmount", "/system");
I only really modify zips as opposed to create whole new ones but give it a go as yours isn't working at the moment.
Hope it helps or someone clarifies this for me too.
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Figured it out:
The update-binary was bogus.
And that guide... like ALL the guides on making update.zips... SUCKS.
I'm going to write my own guide now.
Thanks for the help.

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TeamRainless said:
Figured it out:
The update-binary was bogus.
And that guide... like ALL the guides on making update.zips... SUCKS.
I'm going to write my own guide now.
Thanks for the help.
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At least you figured it out. I'm also in the process of writing (just not got round to finishing) a CWM guide but not how to create them so that would work out nicely if you created one.