munki v4.1.2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-03-26 // about 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ This is the official release of Munki 4.1.2, a bug-fix and minor enhancement update to the Munki tools.

    ๐Ÿšš Munki 4 removes the dependency on Apple's Python, and includes its own copy of Python 3.7.4.

    ๐Ÿ‘€ See Introduction to Munki 4 for more information on the architectural changes in Munki 4.

    ๐Ÿ› Bug fixes:

    • Fix for removing the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute on copy_from_dmg items when symlinks point to non-existent targets. Thanks to @chrisgrande 997ad69
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for improperly decoded installer error output. bf5c9d9

    ๐Ÿ†• New features:

    • ๐Ÿ“ฆ The repoclean tool is now part of the admin tools subpackage.
    • ๐Ÿ“ฆ repoclean now deletes "orphaned" packages -- items in the pkgs directory that are not referred to by any pkginfo. b0530ad

    ๐Ÿš€ A complete list of changes since the previous release is here: v4.1.1...v4.1.2

    ๐ŸŽ The attached munkitools package contains code built under Xcode 11.3.1 on macOS 10.15.3. It is neither signed, nor notarized.

    AutoPkg users -- IMPORTANT NOTE:
    ๐Ÿš€ If you use AutoPkg, do not use the munkitools3.munki recipe to import this release, as it will not import the new embedded Python package and any clients "upgraded" with the results will be broken.
    A new munkitools4.munki recipe is available in the AutoPkg recipes repo.