[R-SIG-Mac] R 4.2.1-arm64 pkg is signed and notarized but refuses to install

[Simon Urbanek]

Kieran,

thanks, that is rather very odd. I don't have a macOS 12.4 box at hand at the moment so cannot check, but on both Big Sur and on Monterey 12.1 I get

$ spctl -a -vv -t install R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg
R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Installer: Simon Urbanek (VZLD955F6P)

Is your Mac enrolled in any custom profiles? (This is usually done to corporate machines which are centrally managed). You can check with
profiles status -type enrollment
Those can override allowed installations.

Cheers,
Simon



> On 1/07/2022, at 1:10 PM, Kieran Healy <kjhealy using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Not sure at what point along the complex signing/ notarization/ checking/
> installation process things fail, but on an M1 MacBook Pro running Monterey
> 12.4, with security options set to Allow Apps from the App Store and
> Identified Developers, I am finding that attempting to install
> R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg from CRAN fails with the GUI error:
> 
> “R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg” cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified
> developer. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware.
> 
> The SHA-1 is good and when I verify the package with pkgutil
> --check-signature, everything seems fine too:
> 
> Package "R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg":
>>   Status: signed by a developer certificate issued by Apple for
>> distribution
>>   Notarization: trusted by the Apple notary service
>>   Signed with a trusted timestamp on: 2022-06-24 10:57:20 +0000
>>   Certificate Chain:
>>    1. Developer ID Installer: Simon Urbanek (VZLD955F6P)
>>       Expires: 2027-02-01 22:12:15 +0000
>>       SHA256 Fingerprint:
>>           B5 E8 8C 9D 46 50 74 03 6E 27 98 AB 8B 38 08 89 84 CF 60 C3 90
>> C1
>>           8F 6F 5A 9F 0F D4 9B D8 89 FC
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    2. Developer ID Certification Authority
>>       Expires: 2027-02-01 22:12:15 +0000
>>       SHA256 Fingerprint:
>>           7A FC 9D 01 A6 2F 03 A2 DE 96 37 93 6D 4A FE 68 09 0D 2D E1 8D
>> 03
>>           F2 9C 88 CF B0 B1 BA 63 58 7F
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    3. Apple Root CA
>>       Expires: 2035-02-09 21:40:36 +0000
>>       SHA256 Fingerprint:
>>           B0 B1 73 0E CB C7 FF 45 05 14 2C 49 F1 29 5E 6E DA 6B CA ED 7E
>> 2C
>>           68 C5 BE 91 B5 A1 10 01 F0 24
> 
> 
> However, spctl refuses to proceed and gives an error:
> 
> spctl -a -vv -t install R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg
>> R-4.2.1-arm64.pkg: rejected
>> origin=Developer ID Installer: Simon Urbanek (VZLD955F6P)
> 
> 
> I can of course just tell mac os to go ahead anyway. But I thought I'd
> report it here just in case it was some more general wrinkle in 12.4 or
> hiccup in the toolchain somewhere.
> 
> Kieran
> 
> --
> Kieran Healy :: https://kieranhealy.org
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