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KevinH · 04-09-2017, 03:28 PM

This is so frustrating .... Mac OSX Sierra Gatekeeper Path Randomization is killing me.

I removed the -E flag from PluginRunner and added both environment variables to specify the plugin path.

I build this on my own machine and run it, it all works. But if install Sigil.app on my own laptop and try to run it I get thefollowing totally nonsense error message:

Code:

This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "cocoa"
in "/Applications/Sigil.app/Contents/PlugIns/platforms".

Available platform plugins are: cocoa (from /Applications/Sigil.app/Contents/PlugIns/platforms).

Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Launcher process crashed

Notice it says it exactly where the cocoa plugin truly is!

I changed things so that only pyc are used in Sigil.app, made sure nothing else gets written to the app, deep codesigned both the app and the dmg. Copy the dmg to my laptop via a usb key. Verify that everything is still properly codesigned, and then copy it to /Applications and again verify that all if properly codesigned.

Then I fire it up and because of some strange path randomization, then entire thing comes back with an insane message.

Forced path randomization is for the birds!

This is so strange! According to the Gatekeeper docs, I have done everything I should have. I have properly codesigned deeply the app and the dmg. I have manually copies Sigil.app from the dmg image into /Applications. And according ot the following test I have properly codesigned things:

Code:

cd /Applications
codesign --verify --deep --verbose=2 ./Sigil.app

./Sigil.app: valid on disk
./Sigil.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement



codesign --verify --deep --verbose=2 ./Sigil.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/Python.app

./Sigil.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/Python.app: valid on disk
./Sigil.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/Python.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement

So it should no longer be translocating (path randomized) Sigil.app or its internal Python.app but it does!

04-09-2017, 03:28 PM	#69
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,961 Karma: 6361444 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	This is so frustrating .... Mac OSX Sierra Gatekeeper Path Randomization is killing me. I removed the -E flag from PluginRunner and added both environment variables to specify the plugin path. I build this on my own machine and run it, it all works. But if install Sigil.app on my own laptop and try to run it I get thefollowing totally nonsense error message: Code: This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "cocoa" in "/Applications/Sigil.app/Contents/PlugIns/platforms". Available platform plugins are: cocoa (from /Applications/Sigil.app/Contents/PlugIns/platforms). Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Launcher process crashed Notice it says it exactly where the cocoa plugin truly is! I changed things so that only pyc are used in Sigil.app, made sure nothing else gets written to the app, deep codesigned both the app and the dmg. Copy the dmg to my laptop via a usb key. Verify that everything is still properly codesigned, and then copy it to /Applications and again verify that all if properly codesigned. Then I fire it up and because of some strange path randomization, then entire thing comes back with an insane message. Forced path randomization is for the birds! This is so strange! According to the Gatekeeper docs, I have done everything I should have. I have properly codesigned deeply the app and the dmg. I have manually copies Sigil.app from the dmg image into /Applications. And according ot the following test I have properly codesigned things: Code: cd /Applications codesign --verify --deep --verbose=2 ./Sigil.app ./Sigil.app: valid on disk ./Sigil.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement codesign --verify --deep --verbose=2 ./Sigil.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/Python.app ./Sigil.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/Python.app: valid on disk ./Sigil.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/Python.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement So it should no longer be translocating (path randomized) Sigil.app or its internal Python.app but it does!