I have a license for and use DetectX Swift. I wrote to the developer. Phil’s full reply is below. I am a bit wary about simply telling DetectX to ignore this. Something is going on and I want to know what it is.
I’ve written Phil back to let him know what I learned from this list. (I am grateful for the help I receive here.) >> Hi Mike >> >> >> If DetectX is throwing that alert, double-check the following locations to >> see if the file exists: >> >> ~/Library/LaunchAgents >> /Library/LaunchAgents >> /Library/LaunchDaemons >> >> If it doesn't appear in one of those three locations, then it's likely that >> macports is writing the file there as a temporary item and then deleting it. >> >> There's a couple of options for stopping this behaviour. >> >> First, in DetectX Preferences, you can turn off the Folder Observer function >> in the Obsever tab. >> >> Alternatively, in the same preferences tab, you can leave Folder Observer >> and add "org.macports" to the "Ignore Keywords" list. >> >> [image removed] >> >> Let me know if you need any further help. >> >> >> Best >> >> >> Phil >> @sqwarq > On Nov 4, 2019, at 06:27, Al Varnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recommend you contact the Developer at <https://sqwarq.com/contact/ > <https://sqwarq.com/contact/>>. Phil has been a colleague of mine for several > years and very responsive. Operates out of Australia. > > You should be aware that if you are actually using the older DetectX rather > thanDetectX Swift, it's not going to be supported beyond next May. He posted > the following to his Slack community late last week: > > 1. The older versions of DetectX (not DetectX Swift) are no longer being > offered for download on the Sqwarq site. > 2. The older versions will continue to receive maintenance updates and search > definition updates until June 1st, 2020. > 3. It is no longer possible to buy registration keys for the older versions > of DetectX. > > -Al- > >> On Nov 3, 2019, at 13:33, Michael Newman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Thank you. >> >> I asked the developers of DetectX and this is what they said: >> >>> If DetectX is throwing that alert, double-check the following locations to >>> see if the file exists: >>> >>> ~/Library/LaunchAgents >>> /Library/LaunchAgents >>> /Library/LaunchDaemons >>> >>> If it doesn't appear in one of those three locations, then it's likely that >>> macports is writing the file there as a temporary item and then deleting it. >> >> The plist file definitely does not exist: >> >> MrMuscle:Volumes mnewman$ sudo launchctl list | grep 'org\.macports\.' >> Password: >> 81 0 org.macports.dnsmasq >> - 0 org.macports.clamd >> 89 0 org.macports.mysql57-server >> >> So, I find myself stuck in the middle. Is it a DetectX problem or a MacPorts >> problem? >> >> I don’t know. >> >>> On Nov 3, 2019, at 21:38, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 3, 2019, at 04:46, Michael Newman wrote: >>> >>>> I have uninstalled the port, but DetectX keeps telling me that the plist >>>> has been changed. If it only happened once when I still had the port >>>> installed I’d say, yeah, problem solved. But when the plist keeps getting >>>> changed after the port has been uninstalled I have to wonder what’s >>>> happening. >>>> >>>> DetectX doesn’t tell me where the plist is located or what process changed >>>> it; just that it has been changed. Over and over again. >>>> >>>> Perhaps this is a bug in DetectX, but I have no way of knowing that. >>> >>> You could ask the developers of DetectX. If it's complaining to you about a >>> file that doesn't appear to be on your disk, I don't know what else to >>> suggest, except: >>> >>> Maybe back when you had postgresql83-server installed, you loaded the >>> plist, and now that it's gone, the system is trying to load it every 10 >>> seconds, and maybe DetectX is noticing that. You could check your Console >>> to see if there are any mentions of issues with MacPorts launchd plists. >>> >>> You can list all the MacPorts launchd plists you've loaded with: >>> >>> sudo launchctl list | grep 'org\.macports\.' >>> >>> If you see anything there that you don't want loaded, and the plist file >>> still exists, you can unload it with: >>> >>> sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.whatever.plist >>> >>> If the plist is no longer on disk, you can make launchd forget about it >>> with: >>> >>> sudo launchctl remove org.macports.whatever >>> >> >> >
