Errors when upgrading to macOS Sequoia if invalid macOS installers are present using --update option

[pveenu]

Describe the bug
We are experiencing errors when upgrading to macOS Sequoia if previous macOS installers, like Install macOS Ventura.app, are located in the /Applications folder.

To Reproduce

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• Please describe how the script was run. - in Jamf Policy from the uploaded pkg

Expected behavior
Device was supposed to be upgraded to Sequoia even if other macOS installers present in /Applications folder.
Code/log output
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Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS version [e.g. 14.6]
• erase-install version [e.g. 36.0] - please upgrade to the latest version before submitting a bug report.

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[pveenu]

Checking the jamf logs we see the following error: 2024-10-30 08:30:48 | v36.0 | [erase-install] ERROR: Invalid installer is present. Run with --overwrite, --update or --replace-invalid option to ensure that a valid installer is obtained.

We are using an erase-install-launcher script with along with the package in Jamf and we used one of the parameter as --reinstall --overwrite

[grahampugh]

Hi, you need to fill in the bug report properly or I can't help you. The one line you've provided shows me that you've used an invalid combination of parameters.

[pveenu]

Hi,
I have attached the erase-install log files. This has been tested using both "--update" and "--overwrite" parameters.[
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[grahampugh]

Hi, thanks for the logs. You have found an edge case bug which I will fix in the next release, coming soon. You may be able to solve it now by using the --replace-invalid parameter instead of --overwrite or --update.

[grahampugh]

Try this release: https://github.com/grahampugh/erase-install/releases/tag/v36.1

[pveenu]

Thank you for addressing the issue so promptly!