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apfs.util step failing on Big Sur+? #401

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abathur opened this issue Dec 13, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #402
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apfs.util step failing on Big Sur+? #401

abathur opened this issue Dec 13, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #402

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abathur commented Dec 13, 2021

I tried a clean install of my macOS bootstrap the other day and noticed a "warning: failed to execute apfs.util" in the output. I think this has probably been failing since whenever 8834df4 was released, but I'm a little surprised not to see any other reports of it.

(though #378 and similar may be a byproduct of this failing at install time and not getting noticed?)

The return codes from apfs.util -t aren't good for normal shell semantics. I tested this a little on the machine that had the failed install and see things like:

$ /System/Library/Filesystems/apfs.fs/Contents/Resources/apfs.util -t; echo $?
failed to stitch firmlinks and/or create synthetics for root volume (c002) ...
252
$ sudo mv /etc/synthetic.conf.bak /etc/synthetic.conf
Password:
$ /System/Library/Filesystems/apfs.fs/Contents/Resources/apfs.util -t; echo $?
253
abathur added a commit to abathur/nix-darwin that referenced this issue Dec 13, 2021
@abathur
fix dependence on apfs.util exit code
f509d78 
apfs.util (or at least it's newer -t flag) has bad exit code semantics
and will return non-zero codes for both success and errors.

Closes LnL7#401 and most-likely fixes LnL7#378 as well
@abathur abathur mentioned this issue Dec 13, 2021
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jsoo1 pushed a commit to jsoo1/nix-darwin that referenced this issue Dec 16, 2021
@abathur @jsoo1
fix dependence on apfs.util exit code
71bf6a2 
apfs.util (or at least it's newer -t flag) has bad exit code semantics
and will return non-zero codes for both success and errors.

Closes LnL7#401 and most-likely fixes LnL7#378 as well
jsoo1 pushed a commit to jsoo1/nix-darwin that referenced this issue Dec 16, 2021
@abathur @jsoo1
fix dependence on apfs.util exit code
5326fb2 
apfs.util (or at least it's newer -t flag) has bad exit code semantics
and will return non-zero codes for both success and errors.

Closes LnL7#401 and most-likely fixes LnL7#378 as well
abathur added a commit to abathur/nix-darwin that referenced this issue Dec 21, 2021
@abathur
fix dependence on apfs.util exit code
94c3e40 
apfs.util (or at least it's newer -t flag) has bad exit code semantics
and will return non-zero codes for both success and errors.

Closes LnL7#401 and most-likely fixes LnL7#378 as well
@LnL7 LnL7 closed this as completed in #402 Dec 21, 2021
theutz pushed a commit to theutz/nix-darwin that referenced this issue Apr 19, 2023
@abathur
fix dependence on apfs.util exit code
7267753 
apfs.util (or at least it's newer -t flag) has bad exit code semantics
and will return non-zero codes for both success and errors.

Closes LnL7#401 and most-likely fixes LnL7#378 as well
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