misty 0.2.5

0.2.5 – 2025-03-24

Fixed

• List and download only compatible installers – PR#27

misty 0.2.4

Added

• Clean up mist-cli’s tmp folder
• Exit misty run if invoked by launchd without config files present

Fixed

• When exiting 1: do a makecatalogs | grep warning and display correct file name of error log – PR#25
• If the version to be processed is already present in repo, do not remove the prior version – PR#26

Changed

• Use munki’s recommended minimum_munki_version, also for x86_64 plists – PR#24

misty 0.2.3

This is the first publicly available release. The installer is signed and notarized.

Added

• Check for presence of repo if remote – PR#17
• Create workflow for signed and notarized installer – PR#20
• Check owner and group of subdirectories defined in $munki_path – PR#22

Changed

• Checking order, output of launchd logs on exit 1 – PR#18
• Increased storage requirement for installers – PR#19
• Handling of special characters in password for repo share – PR#21

misty 0.2.2

Changes

• Add support for macOS Sequoia, remove macOS Monterey routine; update config.txt if present – PR#15

Known Issues

• See Testing methods and To Do sections of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.

misty 0.2.1

Changes

• Sanity check for launchdaemon’s start time – PR#1, PR#10
• Move misty dirs (usr, skel, Logs) from /Users/Shared/Mist to /var/root/misty – PR#4, PR#13
• Error messages only get prepended by a timestamp if misty is running as a launchd job – PR#11
• Removed initial start value for LaunchDaemon in config.txt (fix for 0.1.7) – PR#8

Known Issues

• See Testing methods and To Do sections of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.

misty 0.2.0

Changes

• Check and restart of LaunchDaemon (only works in interactive run at the moment)
• Single logging function with timestamps also for error messages of invoked commands (like munkiimport)
• Successful test on two different repos
• Export /bin to $PATH
• Explicitly set minimum_munki_version for macOS 12 (was not evaluated if newer major version were not available)
• Claim misty as author of plists (main improvement)

Known issues

• See Known issues and To do sections of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.

misty 0.1.7

Changes

• Re-added initial start value for LaunchDaemon in config.txt

Known issues

• See Testing methods and To do sections of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.

misty 0.1.6

Changes

• New variables in config.txt for setup using an SMB share
• Timestamps in log files include milliseconds
• Order of declaration of variables changed (bugfix)
• Improved output

Known issues

• See To do section of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.

misty 0.1.5

Changes

• munkiimport creates a different payload when run as stage_os_installer or as startosinstall. Since we only want one payload, installer_item_hash and installer_item_size have to be copied from the stage_os_installer (not tested) (bugfix)
• Proper checking of required space (bugfix)
• Use different minimum_munki_versions for Intel and Apple Silicon (bugfix)
• Use of single continuous strings for variables in paths where possible for better readability (enhancement)
• Improved output for removal of previous versions (enhancement)
• Use of master function for less code

Known issues

• See To do section of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.

misty 0.1.4

Changes

• License was changed to MIT.
• File override.txt was renamed to config.txt. If you have tested misty before, please rename the usr folder in /Users/Shared/Mist and let the folder be created again on first run. No changes have been made to other files in the usr folder, they can be replaced by your definitions.
• LaunchDaemon will not be loaded, since smb shares do not work yet. Start date in LaunchDaemon will be set on first run nevertheless.
• Added timestamps to messages sent to log files when misty is invoked by the LaunchDaemon.
• Do cleanup for each major version separately.
• Alphabetic ordering of functions.
• Soft link of script to /usr/bin instead of handling multiple PATH variables in postinstall script.
• Update of README.

Known issues

• See To do section of the README if you plan to use misty at the current state.