Hi Damien, Thanks very much. That seems to have done it!
Some time ago I copied one of the many scripts out there that provides for auto-incrementing the build, and it defaulted to hex. I’ve switched to decimal and that works. James Foster > On Jan 27, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Damien Sorresso <dsorre...@apple.com> wrote: > > Hi James, > > "E6" is not a valid CFBundleVersion. CFBundleVersions are very specifically > tuples consisting solely of three numeric elements as proscribed in > > https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001431-102364 > > <https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20001431-102364> > > The daemon which backs SMJobBless() is strict in this regard. Because the > version was invalid, it assumed a version of "0.0.0", and chose not to > perform the update. > -damien > >> On 27 Jan, 2017, at 11:31, James Foster <james.fos...@gemtalksystems.com >> <mailto:james.fos...@gemtalksystems.com>> wrote: >> >> According to Damien Sorresso, BSD Engineering, Apple Inc. (see >> https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/launchd-dev/2010-October/000834.html >> <https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/launchd-dev/2010-October/000834.html>), >> "ServiceManagement will check the CFBundleVersion of the tool and, if it's >> the same ..., will not overwrite it." >> >> I've updated my code to show the CFBundleVersion of the tool both before and >> after a "successful" invocation of SMJobBless(). Is there anything I can do >> to get this to work? >> >> 2017-01-27 09:10... existing: <string>84</string> >> 2017-01-27 09:10... replacement: <string>E6</string> >> 2017-01-27 09:10... SMJobBless(com.GemTalk.GemStone.Helper,...) returned >> true... >> 2017-01-27 09:10... now found: <string>84</string> >> >>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:48 PM, James Foster <james.fos...@gemtalksystems.com >>> <mailto:james.fos...@gemtalksystems.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I am attempting to replace a helper tool. Most of the time if I increment >>> the version (of my application and of the helper tool) then the new tool >>> will be installed. Sometimes it won't be installed and I have to delete the >>> old one manually. The problem seems to occur about every dozen versions or >>> so, and once it happens the replacement will not occur even if I change the >>> version numbers again. >>> >>> https://developer.apple.com/reference/servicemanagement/1431078-smjobbless?language=objc >>> >>> <https://developer.apple.com/reference/servicemanagement/1431078-smjobbless?language=objc> >>> states "If the job is already installed, success is returned.” >>> >>> How does SMJobBless() determine that the job is already installed? What do >>> I need to do, beyond creating an entirely new job name, to make it look >>> different enough to replace? >>> >>> Following is my code and console output (from macOS 10.12.2). >>> >>> James Foster >>> >>> >>> CODE: >>> >>> - (void)installHelperTool; >>> { >>> OSStatus status = AuthorizationCreate(...); >>> // handle errors >>> >>> NSLog(@"existing: %@", [self system:@"/usr/bin/otool -P " >>> "/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.GemTalk.GemStone.Helper | " >>> "grep -A 1 VersionString | tail -1"]); >>> NSLog(@"replacement: %@", [self system:@"/usr/bin/otool -P " >>> >>> "GemStone.app/Contents/Library/LaunchServices/com.GemTalk.GemStone.Helper | >>> " >>> "grep -A 1 VersionString | tail -1"]); >>> CFErrorRef cfError = nil; >>> if (SMJobBless(kSMDomainSystemLaunchd, (__bridge >>> CFStringRef)@kHelperIdentifier, authRef, &cfError)) { >>> NSLog(@"SMJobBless(%s,...) returned true; attempting (%s).", >>> kHelperIdentifier, kShortVersionString); >>> NSLog(@"now found: %@", [self system:@"/usr/bin/otool -P " >>> "/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.GemTalk.GemStone.Helper | " >>> "grep -A 1 VersionString | tail -1"]); >>> } else { >>> AppError(@"Helper tool installation failed: %@", [(__bridge >>> NSError*) cfError localizedDescription]); >>> } >>> } >>> >>> >>> CONSOLE: >>> >>> default 14:25:04.368568 -0800 authd Succeeded authorizing right >>> 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.blesshelper' by client >>> '/Users/jfoster/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GemStone-akfvfyaoddyaavgbcxnrdhnovoal/Build/Products/Debug/GemStone.app' >>> [5626] for authorization created by >>> '/Users/jfoster/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GemStone-akfvfyaoddyaavgbcxnrdhnovoal/Build/Products/Debug/GemStone.app' >>> [5626] (13,0) >>> default 14:25:04.889238 -0800 kernel AMFI: allowing exception >>> handler for 'GemStone' (5626) because the process is not restricted. >>> default 14:25:04.385444 -0800 GemStone existing: >>> <string>1.3.3.9</string> >>> default 14:25:04.900905 -0800 kernel AMFI: allowing exception >>> handler for 'GemStone' (5626) because the process is not restricted. >>> default 14:25:04.397113 -0800 GemStone replacement: >>> <string>1.4.0</string> >>> default 14:25:04.398426 -0800 authd Succeeded authorizing right >>> 'com.apple.ServiceManagement.blesshelper' by client '/usr/libexec/smd' >>> [251] for authorization created by >>> '/Users/jfoster/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/GemStone-akfvfyaoddyaavgbcxnrdhnovoal/Build/Products/Debug/GemStone.app' >>> [5626] (3,0) >>> default 14:25:04.408694 -0800 GemStone >>> SMJobBless(com.GemTalk.GemStone.Helper,...) returned true; attempting >>> (1.4.0). >>> default 14:25:04.923798 -0800 kernel AMFI: allowing exception >>> handler for 'GemStone' (5626) because the process is not restricted. >>> default 14:25:04.419988 -0800 GemStone now found: >>> <string>1.3.3.9</string> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> launchd-dev mailing list >> launchd-dev@lists.macosforge.org <mailto:launchd-dev@lists.macosforge.org> >> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/launchd-dev >
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