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      timblair last edited by

      Hey there,

      I'm currently running 36.4, and got a notification about upgrading to 36.5. However, attempting to perform that upgrade resulted in an "Update Error!" dialog box appearing.

      "Update Error!" dialog box

      Is there any way I can find out more about why the upgrade failed?

      Possibly relevant: I installed f.lux using Homebrew Cask.

      Thanks!

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      • herf
        herf last edited by

        Thanks for the note about Cask - generally this means that the Sparkle updater could not write the downloaded zip file.

        My suspicion is we're seeing this error when one user downloaded and another is trying to update (and Cask might be running as admin/root?)

        The usual location is here, so please check if this area is writable?
        ~/Library/Application Support/Flux/.Sparkle/

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          jjmaxwell last edited by

          I am getting the same error everyday. I've tried updating 4 times now (whenever I'm prompted after rebooting my computer it seems). Each time "Upgrade Failed"

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            timblair @herf last edited by

            Hey @herf. ~/Library/Application Support/Flux is writeable; ~/Library/Application Support/Flux/.Sparkle doesn't exist (although it could be created), and the update process is running through the f.lux app (i.e. I'm not running manual update via Cask, and it's not being run automatically either). The original install (via Cask) was done as my user, not root.

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            • herf
              herf last edited by

              Is your machine a Macbook Pro?

              I'm wondering if f.lux is taking too long to exit and this is messing up the updater.

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                timblair @herf last edited by timblair

                @herf Yes, MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), running El Capitan (10.11.1).

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                • herf
                  herf last edited by

                  Also, did the update prompt happen at night?

                  I think f.lux on a MBP will take longer to exit at night, because it has to reset the system profile.

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                    timblair @herf last edited by

                    @herf I had one failure at night, but one also during the day.

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                    • lorna
                      lorna last edited by

                      UPDATE: Amazon is not serving secure enough files for OSX 10.11.1 to install, so it's failing. We're rehoming the download now.

                      @lorna

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                      • herf
                        herf last edited by

                        Should be working now.

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                        • lorna
                          lorna last edited by

                          And thank you for all your assistance with this, it helped us find the problem much faster. Sorry about the error!

                          @lorna

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                            timblair last edited by

                            Great news. Is there any way I can force an update, or do I just have to wait for the auto-updater to kick in in its own time?

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                            • herf
                              herf last edited by

                              You can do this at Terminal and relaunch after:

                              defaults delete org.herf.Flux SULastCheckTime

                              We have a button in the next version. :)

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