darwin-rebuild switch hangs with mac-app-util included

[alexstaeding]

The darwin-rebuild switch command seems to hang as soon as I include mac-app-util in my system flake:

~/.config master *1 +2 ?1 ❯ darwin-rebuild switch --flake ~/.config#macbookalex                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    10:11:59
building the system configuration...
warning: Git tree '/Users/alex/.config' is dirty
setting up user launchd services...
setting up groups...
setting up users...
setting up /Applications/Nix Apps...
setting up pam...
applying patches...
setting up /etc...
setting up launchd services...
reloading nix-daemon...
waiting for nix-daemon
configuring networking...
configuring power...
setting up /Library/Fonts/Nix Fonts...
setting nvram variables...

This is where the outputs stops. Normally, a switch takes ~16 seconds on my system, but this has not moved in over 10 minutes.

When I press ctrl+c, this error comes up:

# ....
setting nvram variables...
^CUnhandled SB-SYS:INTERACTIVE-INTERRUPT in thread #<SB-THREAD:THREAD tid=259 "main thread" RUNNING
                                                    {70033D0143}>:
  Interactive interrupt at #x18462AC2C.

Backtrace for: #<SB-THREAD:THREAD tid=259 "main thread" RUNNING {70033D0143}>
0: (SB-DEBUG::DEBUGGER-DISABLED-HOOK #<SB-SYS:INTERACTIVE-INTERRUPT {700757EAB3}> #<unused argument> :QUIT T)
1: (SB-DEBUG::RUN-HOOK SB-EXT:*INVOKE-DEBUGGER-HOOK* #<SB-SYS:INTERACTIVE-INTERRUPT {700757EAB3}>)
2: (INVOKE-DEBUGGER #<SB-SYS:INTERACTIVE-INTERRUPT {700757EAB3}>)
3: (SB-INT:%BREAK SB-UNIX:SIGINT #<SB-SYS:INTERACTIVE-INTERRUPT {700757EAB3}>)
4: (SB-UNIX::WITH-DEFERRABLE-SIGNALS-UNBLOCKED T #<FUNCTION (FLET SB-UNIX::BODY :IN SB-UNIX::SIGINT-HANDLER) {102F6287B}>)
5: ((FLET SB-UNIX::INTERRUPT-IT :IN SB-UNIX::SIGINT-HANDLER))
6: ((FLET "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-" :IN SB-THREAD::RUN-INTERRUPTION))
7: (SB-UNIX::SIGURG-HANDLER #<unused argument> #<unused argument> #.(SB-SYS:INT-SAP #X16D21DC38))
8: ((FLET SB-THREAD::EXEC :IN SB-SYS:INVOKE-INTERRUPTION))
9: ((FLET "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-" :IN SB-SYS:INVOKE-INTERRUPTION))
10: (SB-SYS:INVOKE-INTERRUPTION #<FUNCTION (FLET SB-UNIX::INTERRUPTION :IN SB-UNIX::%INSTALL-HANDLER) {102F6254B}>)
11: ((FLET SB-UNIX::RUN-HANDLER :IN SB-UNIX::%INSTALL-HANDLER) 16 #.(SB-SYS:INT-SAP #X16D21DBD0) #.(SB-SYS:INT-SAP #X16D21DC38))
12: ("bogus stack frame")
13: ((FLET SB-UNIX::SELECT :IN SB-UNIX:UNIX-FAST-SELECT) #.(SB-SYS:INT-SAP #X16D21E030))
14: (SB-IMPL::SUB-SUB-SERVE-EVENT 10 0)
15: (SB-IMPL::SUB-SERVE-EVENT 10 0 NIL)
16: (SB-SYS:SERVE-ALL-EVENTS 10)
17: (SB-EXT:PROCESS-WAIT #<SB-IMPL::PROCESS 4883 :RUNNING> NIL)
18: (UIOP/LAUNCH-PROGRAM:WAIT-PROCESS #<UIOP/LAUNCH-PROGRAM::PROCESS-INFO {700748D9F3}>)
19: ((LAMBDA (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::REDUCED-INPUT #:G449) :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM) NIL #<unused argument>)
20: ((FLET "BEFORE77" :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO) #P"/tmp/tmpAAURSO1.tmp")
21: (UIOP/STREAM:CALL-WITH-TEMPORARY-FILE #<FUNCTION (FLET "BEFORE77" :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO) {102F61BAB}> :WANT-STREAM-P NIL :WANT-PATHNAME-P T :DIRECTION :IO :KEEP NIL :AFTER NIL :DIRECTORY NIL :TYPE "tmp" :PREFIX NIL :SUFFIX NIL :ELEMENT-TYPE NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT NIL)
22: (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM:SLURP-INPUT-STREAM #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "standard error" {70033D07A3}> NIL #<FUNCTION (LAMBDA (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::REDUCED-ERROR-OUTPUT #:G444) :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM) {700725650B}> :ERROR-OUTPUT T NIL #<FUNCTION (LAMBDA (#:G469) :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM) {700725654B}> :ELEMENT-TYPE NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT NIL)
23: ((FLET "BEFORE77" :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO) #P"/tmp/tmpGHU3ALSV.tmp")
24: (UIOP/STREAM:CALL-WITH-TEMPORARY-FILE #<FUNCTION (FLET "BEFORE77" :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO) {102F6179B}> :WANT-STREAM-P NIL :WANT-PATHNAME-P T :DIRECTION :IO :KEEP NIL :AFTER NIL :DIRECTORY NIL :TYPE "tmp" :PREFIX NIL :SUFFIX NIL :ELEMENT-TYPE NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT NIL)
25: (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%CALL-WITH-PROGRAM-IO UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM:SLURP-INPUT-STREAM #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "standard output" {70033D0613}> NIL #<FUNCTION (LAMBDA (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::REDUCED-OUTPUT #:G439) :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM) {7007253E4B}> :OUTPUT :LINES NIL #<FUNCTION (LAMBDA (#:G474) :IN UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM) {7007253E8B}> :ELEMENT-TYPE NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT NIL)
26: (UIOP/RUN-PROGRAM::%USE-SYSTEM "(dockutil --allhomes -L | grep /nix/store | grep persistentApps | cut -f 1)" :IGNORE-ERROR-STATUS NIL :HOST NIL :ERROR-OUTPUT T :OUTPUT :LINES :SHOW NIL)
27: ((FLET SH::RUN-IT :IN SH:RUN/NIL))
28: (SYNC-DOCK NIL)
29: (SB-INT:SIMPLE-EVAL-IN-LEXENV (MAIN) #<NULL-LEXENV>)
30: (SB-EXT:EVAL-TLF (MAIN) 47 NIL)
31: ((LABELS SB-FASL::EVAL-FORM :IN SB-INT:LOAD-AS-SOURCE) (MAIN) 47)
32: ((LAMBDA (SB-KERNEL:FORM &KEY :CURRENT-INDEX &ALLOW-OTHER-KEYS) :IN SB-INT:LOAD-AS-SOURCE) (MAIN) :CURRENT-INDEX 47)
33: (SB-C::%DO-FORMS-FROM-INFO #<FUNCTION (LAMBDA (SB-KERNEL:FORM &KEY :CURRENT-INDEX &ALLOW-OTHER-KEYS) :IN SB-INT:LOAD-AS-SOURCE) {102F60E0B}> #<SB-C::SOURCE-INFO {7004C17BD3}> SB-C::INPUT-ERROR-IN-LOAD)
34: (SB-INT:LOAD-AS-SOURCE #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped" {70033D1A93}> :VERBOSE NIL :PRINT NIL :CONTEXT "loading")
35: ((LABELS SB-FASL::LOAD-STREAM-1 :IN LOAD) #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped" {70033D1A93}> NIL)
36: (SB-FASL::CALL-WITH-LOAD-BINDINGS #<FUNCTION (LABELS SB-FASL::LOAD-STREAM-1 :IN LOAD) {102F609EB}> #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped" {70033D1A93}> NIL #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped" {70033D1A93}>)
37: (LOAD #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped" {70033D1A93}> :VERBOSE NIL :PRINT NIL :IF-DOES-NOT-EXIST :ERROR :EXTERNAL-FORMAT :DEFAULT)
38: ((FLET SB-IMPL::LOAD-SCRIPT :IN SB-IMPL::PROCESS-SCRIPT) #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped" {70033D1A93}>)
39: ((FLET SB-UNIX::BODY :IN SB-IMPL::PROCESS-SCRIPT))
40: ((FLET "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-" :IN SB-IMPL::PROCESS-SCRIPT))
41: (SB-IMPL::PROCESS-SCRIPT "/nix/store/49dyd51zzgbl6xhjqx89n4qwi4jh1avz-mac-app-util/bin/.mac-app-util-wrapped")
42: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-INIT)
43: ((FLET SB-UNIX::BODY :IN SB-IMPL::START-LISP))
44: ((FLET "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-3" :IN SB-IMPL::START-LISP))
45: (SB-IMPL::%START-LISP)

unhandled condition in --disable-debugger mode, quitting

This is the change I made: alexstaeding/dotfiles@adb174e

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b196e9e..ec1149a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
       url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    mac-app-util = {
+      url = "github:hraban/mac-app-util";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
     algotex = {
       url = "github:alexstaeding/AlgoTeX/fix/flake";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@
     nixpkgs,
     nix-darwin,
     home-manager,
+    mac-app-util,
     algotex,
     plasma-manager,
     ...
@@ -87,12 +92,16 @@
         specialArgs = { inherit inputs outputs self; };
         modules = [
           ./nix-darwin/configuration.nix
+          mac-app-util.darwinModules.default
           home-manager.darwinModules.home-manager {
             home-manager.users.alex.imports = [
               ./home-manager/home.nix
               ./home-manager/extra-macos.nix
               ./home-manager/nano-module.nix
             ];
+            home-manager.sharedModules = [
+              mac-app-util.homeManagerModules.default
+            ];
             home-manager.extraSpecialArgs = {
               inherit inputs outputs;
               pkgs = self.packages."aarch64-darwin";

My system is aarch64-darwin running macOS Sequoia 15.4

[christian-burger]

You could run nix shell nixpkgs#dockutil --command dockutil --allhomes -L and provide the output. I think the dockutil should work without sudo, though in darwin-rebuild it's actually run with root access. Seems like it is stuck there, when trying to determine what's in the Dock. 🤷

[alexstaeding]

Ah, in fact it seems to work only without sudo. When I run the command without sudo, I get a normal looking output, but it hangs with sudo.

~/.config add-mac-app-util *1 ?1 ❯ nix shell nixpkgs#dockutil --command dockutil --allhomes -L
Launchpad	file:///System/Applications/Launchpad.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	com.apple.launchpad.launcher
Firefox	file:///nix/store/0kr6p37jwhmiy1fhj6v3m518n23219f2-firefox-137.0/Applications/Firefox.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	org.nixos.firefox
Google Chrome	file:///nix/store/4iwh41h15dgm0zbsj0z4qdq13p2ysixv-google-chrome-134.0.6998.166/Applications/Google%20Chrome.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	com.google.Chrome
Safari	file:///System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/App/System/Applications/Safari.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	com.apple.Safari
Thunderbird	file:///nix/store/j7dflnkd4cs1mj1v6vdjvkw5ywq78jjb-thunderbird-136.0.1/Applications/Thunderbird.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	org.nixos.thunderbird
Mail	file:///System/Applications/Mail.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	com.apple.mail
Proton Mail Bridge	file:///Applications/Proton%20Mail%20Bridge.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	com.protonmail.bridge
Proton Pass	file:///Applications/Proton%20Pass.app/	persistentApps	/Users/alex/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist	me.proton.pass.electron
... etc

It hangs here:

~/.config add-mac-app-util *1 ?1 ❯ sudo nix shell nixpkgs#dockutil --command dockutil --allhomes -L
Password:
warning: $HOME ('/Users/alex') is not owned by you, falling back to the one defined in the 'passwd' file ('/var/root')

[christian-burger]

You might wanna check with the developers at dockutil? Maybe you've hit this issue here: kcrawford/dockutil#126 🤷

[alexstaeding]

I wonder if its necessary for darwin-rebuild to run this as root...

[hraban]

One reason I remember for running this as root is multi user systems: you check not just your own dock but that of others as well to update their potential pins. nix-darwin recently changed (or is about to change?) how they handle sudo and multi user activation so I'll have to revisit this soon . Fwiw it doesn't hang here so I'm not sure what's going wrong :/ I guess sudo is trying to ask for your password and that request isn't making it back through the activation script to your shell? are you running it in regular terminal.app / iterm, or in a special terminal?

[alexstaeding]

I guess sudo is trying to ask for your password and that request isn't making it back through the activation script to your shell? are you running it in regular terminal.app / iterm, or in a special terminal?

It does indeed ask for the password successfully. Only after I type in my password, does the command continue to warning: $HOME ('/Users/alex') is not owned by you, falling back... and then hangs. (See the above snippet from the terminal)

I tried in iTerm2 and the default terminal app.