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

[peter dalgaard]

I have a 12.4, but it is intel. Seems happy enough:

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

> On 1 Jul 2022, at 03:31 , Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using r-project.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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