jpackage requests permission via a dialog

[Alexey Semenyuk]

On 3/3/2024 10:09 PM, Alan Snyder wrote:
> I tried using jpackage on macOS to create a DMG (which I have not done before) and was surprised when a system dialog was displayed requesting permission for Terminal to control Finder.
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> I found this issue described in JDK-8231855, which was closed without explanation as “not an issue”.
There is a comment in the CR with the explanation and suggested workaround.
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> It seems to me that having a command line build tool try to interact with a user via a dialog is inappropriate, even if it happens only once per system.
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> I’m not sure why this dialog is shown, as it appears that all of the actions are performed by running the hdiutil program.
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> It does seem odd, however, that jpackage mounts the DMG to modify its contents. Shouldn’t the contents be set up before creating the DMG?
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> Is mounting the image the source of the dialog?
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> Is there some reason this cannot be fixed?
Alexander, could you please help with the above questions?

- Alexey
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