munki v5.1.1 Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-10-06 // over 3 years ago-
๐ This is the official release of Munki 5.1.1: a bug-fix update to the Munki tools.
๐ There's one minor change in this release, a fix for displaying percent-done output in Big Sur's
softwareupdate
: 9c5d984๐ The main focus for the Munki 5.1 release is compatibility with macOS Big Sur, but there are other changes.
๐ See https://github.com/munki/munki/wiki/Munki-5-Information for information on the changes in Munki 5.
Please discuss the changes in the munki-dev mailing list, and open reproducible code issues in the issues section here.
๐ Changes from the 5.0.1 release to the 5.1 release:
- Big Sur-related:
- PyObjC updated to 6.2.2 -- addresses issues with macOS Big Sur Betas. 37e81f8
- Changes to handle differences in the "Install macOS Big Sur.app": 5b50b5c and e161a87
- Improved support for changes in Big Sur's softwareupdate:
- Big Sur percent-done feedback: d1db5af aea9ffd d2ed38e
- Add default Big Sur sucatalog: a840bed
- Handle more changes in Big Sur's
softwareupdate
behavior: 696e40c - Other tweaks for better compatibility with Big Sur: d1cc652 a60e90d
- Other changes:
/usr/local/munki/python
symlink renamed to/usr/local/munki/munki-python
and relevant "shebang" lines updated. Addresses issue where usingpython
at the command-line might unintentionally pick up Munki's python. This could be a breaking change if you have scripts that use a#!/usr/local/munki/python
"shebang" line. 3bb91ca- Python version updated to 3.8.5. 347908b
- New support for server-side
makecatalogs
implementations in repo plugins: #1012 Thanks to Taylor Boyko. - Updated make_munki_mpkg.sh script:
- Can optionally make a pkg suited for DEP/MDM deployment
- Can optionally set 'bootstrapping' mode
- Can optionally include a configuration component package
- Removed make_munki_mpkg_DEP.sh script
- ๐ Other minor fixes and tweaks. See v5.0.1...v5.1.0 for details.
- Big Sur-related: