Munki does not re-install deleted package (pkg)

[Björn Albers]

Hello,

Munki installs my package just fine.

But when I delete the corresponding App "/Applications/MaSc.app" then Munki does not reinstall the package and just logs:

Dec 12 2018 09:22:09 +0100     MaSc version 5.3.1 (or newer) is already installed.

Booting the Mac doesn't help.

Re-installation only works if I manually "forget" the package:

aragorn:~ rgp$ pkgutil --packages | grep -i masc

de.kv-it-gmbh.masc

aragorn:~ rgp$ sudo pkgutil --forget de.kv-it-gmbh.masc

Password:

Forgot package 'de.kv-it-gmbh.masc' on '/'.

The pkginfo looks fine to me and does contain "installs" with the right path - see attachment.

I even deleted the whole section "receipts" from pkginfo but that didn't solve the problem either.

Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions to debug this!

Björn

PS: Here the installed version...

aragorn:~ rgp$ munkiimport --version

3.5.0.3621

aragorn:~ rgp$ /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :CFBundleShortVersionString' /Applications/Managed\ Software\ Center.app/Contents/Info.plist 

4.8.3615

[Gregory Neagle]

You _did_ run `makecatalogs` after adding the installs array to the pkginfo, yes?

Running `sudo managedsoftwareupdate -vvv` on an affected machine will show you why Munki is deciding the item does not need to be installed; it really sounds like it is _not_ using the installs array at all (since deleting the receipt leads to reinstall), which leads me to my initial question above.

-Greg

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<MaSc-5.3.1.plist>

[Björn Albers]

Greg, I'm so stupid: That was exactly the problem :-)

Sorry for the noise!

My new mantra: always run `makecatalogs`, always run `makecatalogs`, always run `makecatalogs`, ...

I found out that `munkiimport` needs the application as additional argument (`-f /Applications/Foo.app`) in order to build the "installs"-section in the pkginfo, so I've patched it manually afterwards.