Mac Bundles fail System Requirements for Application Version

  • Document ID:7010821
  • Creation Date:24-Sep-2012
  • Modified Date:25-Sep-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Configuration Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks Configuration Management 11.2

Situation

Using bundle system requirements based on installed application version always fails on Macintosh OSx.
 
Example setting system requirement for "Calculator.app", from zmd-messages.log:
 
[ExternalCmd] [Executed command (/bin/sh, -c, system_profiler SPApplicationsDataType | grep -A4 "Calculator.app":|grep Version|awk '{print $2}') : exit value = 0, error = none.] [] []
[ZenworksAgent] [109] [MacAppVersionReqHandler] [Calculator.app does not exist] [] []

Resolution

In the system requirements, use the application name (short).  For example, do not use "Calculator.app".  Use "Calculator".