[launchd-dev] LAUNCH_KEY_GETJOB returns MACH_PORT_NULL?

[Dave MacLachlan]

On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:34 , Damien Sorresso wrote:

> On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Dave MacLachlan wrote:
>> Hey all..
>>
>> So when I send a LAUNCH_KEY_CHECKIN message, I get a dictionary  
>> back with all the mach ports filled in for my mach services.  
>> However, if I send a LAUNCH_KEY_GETJOB from an external process I  
>> get MACH_PORT_NULL for all of the mach ports. I can look them up by  
>> using bootstrap_look_up, or NSMachBootstrapServer, but I was  
>> wondering what the reasoning was behind not returning them from a  
>> LAUNCH_KEY_GETJOB lookup? It appears to be an intentional design  
>> decision.
>>
>> (This is what I'm seeing on 10.5 at least. Perhaps it's different  
>> on 10.6?)
>
>
> Please don't use those APIs. Use bootstrap_check_in() and  
> bootstrap_look_up() instead.

There seems to be a bit of a mixed message going on here.

My understanding was that the bootstrap APIs were being deprecated,  
and being replaced with launch.h (and above that  
ServiceManagement.framework).

Cheers,
Dave