Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
- Subject: Re: Exiting installer on Catalina
- From: Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:49:39 -0700
It might also help if we knew why the OP needed to force a pop up instead of
utilizing the custom install UI.
Important side note that installer plug-ins do not execute when the package is
executed via CL (like is commonly done via Jamf or other deployment suites). If
the only thing that the plugin is doing is tossing a dialog, it may be worth
looking into other ways to do that from within the preinstall or postinstall
scripting.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:43 PM, Greg Neagle <email@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> Sounds like something I hope I never need to deploy!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:42 PM, Conor Schutzman via Installer-dev
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> And while Installer.app will queue multiple packages, it can (without taking
>> extraordinary measures) only have one open instance, so should be pretty
>> safe with a kill command to end it specifically.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2019, at 5:32 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan via Installer-dev
>>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>> No, it will kill only UI-based Installer (spelled with uppercase I)
>>> and user-experience-wise is in parity with the exit()/terminate/etc you
>>> have been using before...
>>>
>>> The command-line installer is spelled with lower-case "i" and will not be
>>> affected by kill command.
>>>
>>> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 04:49:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano
>>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply, Vachik. The issue with calling system("killall -9
>>> Installer”) is that if other installers are running simultaneously, those
>>> will be killed also.
>>>
>>> -Lora
>>>
>>>> On Aug 19, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Vachik Hovhannisyan <email@hidden>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Lora,
>>>>
>>>> As I pointed out in my previous posts, Installer plugins are running
>>>> outside of the Installer process so all the ext()/NSApp.terminate/etc
>>>> calls are dealing with another process hosting the plugin, not Installer
>>>> itself.
>>>>
>>>> You still can use brute force kill command though
>>>>
>>>> system("killall -9 Installer");
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> V.
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, August 19, 2019, 03:41:09 PM PDT, Lora Lozano via Installer-dev
>>>> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> In my installer plugin code, I display an alert by using NSAlert. In this
>>>> alert, I have a button which, when clicked, should exit the installer.
>>>> This works fine on OSes prior to Catalina, but on Catalina, the installer
>>>> hangs when clicking on this button.
>>>>
>>>> To exit the installer, I have tried the following six alternatives:
>>>>
>>>> exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
>>>> exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>>>> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:nil];
>>>> [[NSApplication sharedApplication] terminate:self];
>>>> [NSApp terminate:self];
>>>> [NSApp terminate:nil];
>>>>
>>>> However, they all result in a hang (again, only on Catalina). For example
>>>> from the console log when calling [NSApp terminate:nil]:
>>>>
>>>> default 15:33:16.841249-0700 distnoted unregister token: f4260
>>>> pid: 11340
>>>> default 15:33:16.841301-0700 distnoted unregister token: f425f
>>>> pid: 11340
>>>> error 15:33:16.843817-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to
>>>> a dead connection
>>>> default 15:33:16.843990-0700 hidd Connection removed:
>>>> IOHIDEventSystemConnection uuid:E9477186-1BC5-48C2-AC7E-F34BDEB7AFFD
>>>> pid:11340 process:InstallerRemotePluginService type:Passive
>>>> entitlements:0x0 caller:HIToolbox:
>>>> ___GetIOHIDEventSystemClient_block_invoke + 26 attributes:(null)
>>>> inactive:1 events:0 mask:0x0
>>>> error 15:33:16.844238-0700 WindowServer CGLayerKit called back to
>>>> a dead connection
>>>> default 15:33:16.847986-0700 runningboardd
>>>> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340] Death sentinel fired!
>>>> default 15:33:16.848452-0700 launchservicesd QUITTING: pid=11340
>>>> asn=0x-0x189189 foreground=0 wasFront=0
>>>> default 15:33:16.850220-0700 CommCenter #I
>>>> handleLSNotitifcation_sync: Application exited: <private>
>>>> default 15:33:16.851097-0700 loginwindow -[PersistentAppsSupport
>>>> applicationQuit:] | for app:InstallerRemotePluginService (Installer),
>>>> _appTrackingState = 2
>>>> default 15:33:16.850615-0700 runningboardd Invalidating assertion
>>>> 324-133-1049 (target:executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>) from
>>>> originator 133
>>>> default 15:33:16.952295-0700 runningboardd Removing process:
>>>> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340]
>>>> default 15:33:16.956649-0700 runningboardd Removing assertions
>>>> for terminated process:
>>>> [executable<InstallerRemotePluginService(501)>:11340]
>>>>
>>>> I can also provide a [lengthy] .hang file if that would help.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Lora
>>>>
>>>>
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