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fix(brew): support appdir DSL in tap cask metadata evaluation - #13138

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What

Define appdir on CaskMetadata and CaskFlightSteps in the tap-cask metadata evaluator, answering Homebrew's default (/Applications).

Why

brew-cask: packages from third-party taps hard-fail the packages phase when the cask interpolates appdir (e.g. binary "#{appdir}/..."): method_missing raises unsupported cask metadata DSL, and since third-party taps have no published API metadata to fall back on, bootstrap fails entirely. The install-time shim already defines appdir (cask_shim.rb); it was only missing from tap_cask_metadata.rb.

The metadata path never knows the real install location and the installer re-evaluates the cask via the shim, so a default-backed placeholder is sufficient here.

Test

  • Extended extracts_cask_metadata_without_homebrew to interpolate appdir in both binary and a flight-step run and assert the resolved path.
  • Verified against the real-world failing cask (umputun/apps/agterm): baseline raises, this branch evaluates and emits the expected binary artifact.

Fixes #13136

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected macOS cask metadata to use relocatable application directory references.
    • Improved handling of application executable paths so they resolve consistently relative to the configured application directory.
    • Updated command metadata to preserve the correct relative path while retaining the appropriate installation base.

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Cask metadata extraction now uses $APPDIR instead of /Applications. Flight-step commands with $APPDIR are recorded relative to appdir. The metadata test cask and assertions use the updated paths.

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Homebrew cask appdir metadata

Layer / File(s) Summary
Handle relocatable appdir paths
src/system/packages/brew/tap_cask_metadata.rb
CaskMetadata#appdir returns $APPDIR. CaskFlightSteps#run defaults to appdir and removes the $APPDIR/ prefix for recorded commands.
Update metadata extraction tests
src/system/packages/brew/tap.rs
The test cask uses #{appdir} for binary and preflight paths. Assertions expect the $APPDIR binary path and the relative preflight command.

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Appdir metadata remains relocatable and flight-step commands pass installer validation, so no concrete merge-blocking risk remains.

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; the previously reported invalid absolute appdir flight-step path was resolved and its thread is closed.

Summary

The PR adds relocatable appdir support to third-party tap cask metadata evaluation.

  • Represents metadata-time app directories with the installer-supported $APPDIR marker.
  • Normalizes appdir-based flight-step commands into relative paths with base: "appdir".
  • Extends metadata extraction coverage for binary and flight-step interpolation.

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def version = @cask.version
def arch = @cask.arch
def appdir = @cask.appdir

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P1 Badge Keep appdir-based flight commands relative

When a tap uses the newly tested form run "#{appdir}/...", base: :appdir, this delegation emits an absolute /Applications/... path together with an appdir base. parse_run_command in cask/artifacts.rs rejects every absolute path that has an AppDir base, so metadata extraction succeeds but cask_artifacts and installation still fail. The test only deserializes Cask, so it never exercises this validation; the collector needs to record a path relative to the selected base.

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# Metadata extraction never knows the real install location, so answer
# Homebrew's default; interpolation only needs to not raise here. The
# install-time shim resolves `appdir` for real.
def appdir = "/Applications"

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P1 Badge Preserve appdir as a relocatable marker

When MISE_BREW_CASK_OPT_APPDIR is configured, or an app targets $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/Applications, the installer places the bundle outside /Applications, but this method permanently bakes /Applications into interpolated binary metadata. stage_binary only applies its app-directory-aware lookup to $APPDIR sources; otherwise it probes the literal absolute path, causing installation to fail or potentially link an unrelated stale app from the default directory. Emit a relocatable marker that the Rust installer can resolve against the actual appdir instead. AI-assisted — Tool: unavailable; model: OpenAI/GPT-5.6 Sol; version: unavailable.

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In `@src/system/packages/brew/tap.rs`:
- Line 702: Update the brew tap run command to use the relative application path
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binary "#{appdir}/Widget.app/Contents/MacOS/widget", target: "widget"
preflight_steps do
run "Widget.app/Contents/MacOS/widget", base: :appdir, args: ["#{version}"]
run "#{appdir}/Widget.app/Contents/MacOS/widget", base: :appdir, args: ["#{version}"]

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a relative path with base: :appdir.

CaskMetadata#appdir expands to /Applications, so this declaration serializes an absolute path with base: "appdir". parse_run_command rejects that combination when cask_artifacts parses the metadata. The current test only checks the JSON and does not detect this failure.

Change the command to run "Widget.app/Contents/MacOS/widget", base: :appdir, ... and update the assertion at line 742 to expect the relative path. Parse the extracted artifacts in this test if it must cover the metadata-to-flight-step boundary. This is a test-fixture defect, not a direct production installation failure.

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In `@src/system/packages/brew/tap.rs` at line 702, Update the brew tap run command
to use the relative application path while retaining base: :appdir and the
existing version argument, then update the corresponding assertion to expect
that relative path. Ensure the test parses extracted artifacts through the
metadata-to-flight-step boundary so parse_run_command validates the fixture.

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The remaining unit-macos / test-ci failures are not from this PR: the run times out at the ~1s per-test cap on exactly the same test set seen on #13147 and #13165 (cli::mcp::*, cli::command_effects::*, aube_node_gyp_bootstrap_trampoline, aqua_registry_wrapper) — 4004/4015 pass, all failures are TIMEOUT [~1.01s] on unrelated spawn-heavy tests, reproducible across three independent branches. Looks like the macOS runners got slow enough to trip the per-test timeout repo-wide. The brew/tap tests touched here pass locally (13/13).

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Tap casks interpolating appdir (e.g. binary "#{appdir}/...") hard-failed
the metadata evaluator via method_missing, and third-party taps have no
published API metadata to fall back on, so the whole bootstrap packages
phase failed. Define appdir on CaskMetadata and CaskFlightSteps, matching
Homebrew's default (/Applications); the install-time shim still resolves
the real location.

Fixes jdx#13136
Baking /Applications into interpolated paths broke two ways: binary
sources pointed at the default appdir instead of the configured one, and
flight-step commands combined an absolute path with base: :appdir, which
the installer rejects. Interpolate the $APPDIR marker instead and record
appdir-based run commands relative to that base, matching how the
installer already resolves appdir references.
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Guria force-pushed the fix/tap-cask-appdir-metadata branch 2 times, most recently from d2f8461 to d4c6fce Compare September 15, 2026 20:06
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jdx merged commit 472b047 into jdx:main Sep 16, 2026
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Guria deleted the fix/tap-cask-appdir-metadata branch September 16, 2026 07:59
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