Bug fix: Thunderbird unable to connect to Sync Clippings Helper on macOS

(issue #11)
aecreations · Oct 27, 2021 · 5619aeb · 5619aeb
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diff --git a/src/macos-pkg/Resources/uninstall.sh b/src/macos-pkg/Resources/uninstall.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fi
 
 # Perform additional cleanup
 echo "Deleting configuration files"
-nativeManifestFile=~/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/syncClippings.json
+nativeManifestFile=/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts/syncClippings.json
 rm -f "$nativeManifestFile"
 
 configFiles=~/Library/Preferences/syncClippings.*

diff --git a/src/macos-pkg/scripts/postinstall b/src/macos-pkg/scripts/postinstall
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ checkConfFile() {
 }
 
 writeNativeManifest() {
-    nativeManifestDir=~/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts
+    nativeManifestDir=/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts
 
     local nativeManifestFile="${nativeManifestDir}/${nativeManifestFilename}"
     local exePath="$installPath/$exeFilename"
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ EOF
 }
 
 main() {
-    checkConfFile
     writeNativeManifest
+    checkConfFile
 
     echo "Post installation successfully completed"
 }

diff --git a/src/syncClippings-setup.sh b/src/syncClippings-setup.sh
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ EOF
 
 writeNativeManifest() {
     if [ $os = "Darwin" ]; then
-	nativeManifestDir=~/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts
+	nativeManifestDir=/Library/Application\ Support/Mozilla/NativeMessagingHosts
     else
-	nativeManifestDir=~/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
+	nativeManifestDir=/usr/lib/mozilla/native-messaging-hosts
     fi
 
     local nativeManifestFile="${nativeManifestDir}/${nativeManifestFilename}"
@@ -415,10 +415,10 @@ writeNativeManifest() {
     # Check if the native manifest directory exists; if not, then create it.
     test -d "$nativeManifestDir"
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	mkdir -pv "$nativeManifestDir"
+	sudo mkdir -pv "$nativeManifestDir"
     fi
 
-    cat << EOF > "$nativeManifestFile"
+    sudo bash -c "cat > \"$nativeManifestFile\"" << EOF
 {
     "name": "syncClippings",
     "description": "Sync Clippings",
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ main() {
     echo "Starting installation."
 
     writeExecFile
-    writeConfFile
     writeNativeManifest
+    writeConfFile
 
     echo