App requires GateKeeper to be set to allow unauthorized apps on OS X

[machawk1]

This is due to the app not originating from the MacOS X app store. Doing so might not be possible, as the Apple TOS prohibits apps within apps in the store. Wayback, Heritrix et al are exactly this.

[machawk1]

👋 Hello from a decade later, where I have finally opted to procure an Apple id to get the app signed.

#595 has some instructions to get things up and running. See the issue-48 branch for the base fix. However, one issue is that MAKEFILE copies a few directories (e.g., bundledApps) after Pyinstaller builds the app with entitlements, which invalidates the codesigning.

The Pyinstaller option to add data flattens all data, so is not a good option to mitigate this. The issue remains until I can find a way to include all of the files manually copied over (per the MAKEFILE) after the build into the generated .app.

[machawk1]

Run security find-identity -p basic -v to get the signing string then:

codesign --force --deep --sign "thestringhere" /Applications/WAIL.app

With the copy commands in-place, this reports:

/Applications/WAIL.app: replacing existing signature
/Applications/WAIL.app: unsealed contents present in the bundle root

...with the latter probably indicative of a mismatch between the indexing that occurs during codesigning (assumably) and the contents that are added after the original signing occurred. This comes down to a need to reorganize the contents of the .App.

[machawk1]

cd /Applications/WAIL.app
mv archives bundledApps support archiveIndexes build config ./Contents/
codesign --force --deep --sign "thestringhere" /Applications/WAIL.app

...results in a messages not including the one referring to the unsealed contents.

The follow-on:

codesign -vv --strict /Applications/WAIL.app
/Applications/WAIL.app: valid on disk
/Applications/WAIL.app: satisfies its Designated Requirement

...indicates that this might be a valid solution but will require updating the locations in the Py code itself and might be an impetus to get the generated data out of the "binary" directory. (#332)

[machawk1]

Lots of resolutions in 6be05d2. Captures from the local Heritrix now show in the calendar view in Wayback but I do not appear accessible. This ticket is not about that but GateKeeper checks. Setting this issue as PENDING to test on a non-dev machine with a tagged version.

[machawk1]

One problem: GitHub Actions won't have the creds to sign the app. It also needs to be "stapled", "notarized", etc. before the next release for a GitHub and homebrew-based distribution. Expect the artifact generation action to fail unless a flag to disable the codesigning is added.

• Add a flag to the build script to disable the codesigning for GitHub Actions' builds.

[machawk1]

Take a look again at the build script copying the Info.plist and things in bundledApps. I am wondering if this is corrupting the build, though the resigning should mitigate this and allow it to run.