Safari 5.1.4 update breaks SoftwareUpdate on 10.6.8 server IFJS_PropertyListConvertToType() called with type=3

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Safari 5.1.4 update breaks SoftwareUpdate on 10.6.8 server IFJS_PropertyListConvertToType() called with type=3

New 10.6 server machine. (Actually 3 of them.) If we install every update offered in Software Update except safari 5.1.4 and machine is fine. Once the safari update is taken and the machine reboots, Software Update crashes a bit after launch. When running softwareupdate -l on the command line, the error is

Software Update Tool

2012-03-14 14:25:19.763 softwareupdate[1631:4f0b] IFJS_PropertyListConvertToType() called with type=3

Segmentation fault

Anybody else seeing this?

Posted on Mar 14, 2012 12:33 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 14, 2012 2:37 PM in response to cathy fasano

Same thing for us on 3 Xserve… no solution, trying repairing permissions, disk, nothing…

I hope there will be soon a solution.

Seems creepy cause works good on some Xserve.

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cathy fasano Author

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Mar 14, 2012 2:41 PM in response to ellipsegyyv

Not sure if it matters, but these are xserves, too -- 2008 intel models. Fortunately we just got them, so wiping the disk and starting over is no big deal. Just don't take that safari update!

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Answer 3

Mar 14, 2012 4:57 PM in response to cathy fasano

I confirm, the problem occurs only on 2008 intel models. No problem with others systems.

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Answer 4

Mar 16, 2012 1:05 AM in response to cathy fasano

Same here.

system_profiler info:

Model Name: Xserve

Model Identifier: Xserve2,1

Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 4

L2 Cache: 12 MB

Memory: 6 GB

Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz

Boot ROM Version: XS21.006C.B06

SMC Version (system): 1.26f3

LOM Revision: 1.1.2

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Answer 5

Mar 17, 2012 12:17 AM in response to cathy fasano

The same here on two xserves!

Running SoftwarUpdate from the GUI!

Console says:

Software Update[24700]	Package Authoring: my.result.title and my.result.message not defined or empty
Software Update[24700]	IFJS_PropertyListConvertToType() called with type=3
com.apple.launchd[1]	(com.apple.suhelperd[24702]) Exited with exit code: 2
com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[24141]	([0x0-0x4b04b].com.apple.SoftwareUpdate[24700]) Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault

I also get a message like this from ServerAdmin every minute in console:

servermgr_info: unexpected Software Update state: crashed

The crashreport says:

Thread 7 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority

0 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x00007fff8795eff1 JSC::JSObject::defaultValue(JSC::JSObject const*, JSC::ExecState*, JSC::PreferredPrimitiveType) + 3921

1 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x00007fff8794fd6a JSC::JSCell::toPrimitive(JSC::ExecState*, JSC::PreferredPrimitiveType) const + 42

2 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x00007fff8781f387 cti_op_to_primitive + 55

3 ??? 0x000025f96ea04573 0 + 41753233081715

4 com.apple.JavaScriptCore 0x00007fff877b1462 JSC::Interpreter::execute(JSC::ProgramExecutable*, JSC::ExecState*, JSC::ScopeChainNode*, JSC::JSObject*) + 2386

5 ??? 0x00000001024ba9e0 0 + 4333480416

If full crashreport is required, I can mail it!

Any ideas to get Softwareupdate running again?

Greetings,

Peter

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Answer 6

Mar 18, 2012 3:22 AM in response to Peter Borbonus

Unfortunately, the problem with the GUI is the same. Does anyone report the bug to Apple ? I have tries, but I'm not sure they received it.

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Answer 7

Mar 18, 2012 10:17 AM in response to ellipsegyyv

I installed Safari new from standalone installer, repaired permissions, deleted softwareupdate plists and caches. Nothing solves the problem.

If you can tell me how I can report the bug directly to apple, I will do it. Give me the link please.

Greetings,

Peter.

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mjrio

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Mar 18, 2012 11:40 AM in response to cathy fasano

I have been like crazy for two days over the issue. Removed RAM, used a backup logic board, all thinking it could be a hardware problem.

Booting from an external HD with 10.6.8 client + Safari 5.1.4 produces the same problem. Early 2008 XServe. We have both Early 2008 and Early 2009 servers. On the 2009 ones the issue does not appear.

Let's wait and hope Apple solves the problem soon.

Regards,

Mario

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mjrio

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Mar 18, 2012 11:46 AM in response to cathy fasano

p.s: if you boot the Xserve from an external 10.7.3 client disk the issue disappears.

Perhaps Apple "solution" will be: upgrade to Lion Server!

mj

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Answer 10

Mar 18, 2012 6:36 PM in response to mjrio

@mirio

This could not be the solution, I guess!

They should offer a solution for those xserves (Early 2008) because they may be used in a productivity environment...

Peter.

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Answer 11

Mar 18, 2012 6:38 PM in response to mjrio

I tried to switch off softwareupdate notifications in serveradmin to stop the crash of softwareupdate every minute reported in console with messages like "servermgr_info: unexpected Software Update state: crashed".

After a restart of the server the crashes startet new early (2:00) in the morning.

It would be nice to get a workaround for this until apple fixes the prob.

Any idea?

Peter.

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cathy fasano Author

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Mar 18, 2012 8:19 PM in response to Peter Borbonus

Peter Borbonus wrote:

If you can tell me how I can report the bug directly to apple, I will do it. Give me the link please.

I reported it to apple (go to bugreport.apple.com, log in using your usual appleID). It is bug #11048593, and marked as a duplicate of #11034745, so apparently I wasn't the first one to report it. They responded by email asking for the crash report, which I emailed back to them.

Fortunately for us, we have a pair of these, not yet in service (we bought them to create a dual-dual virtual machine server). So it's trivial to take one, run the update, crash software update, and then use the other machine's disk (without update) to restore the machine to the state without the safari update.

Hmmm... I bet I should install the 5.1.2 safari update, though, so we aren't at the version that shipped on the original osx server dvd...

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cathy fasano Author

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Mar 18, 2012 8:23 PM in response to cathy fasano

So far we've heard from people saying that the 2008 xserve is broken but the 2009 is not -- any reports on the 2006 xserve yet?

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Answer 14

Mar 19, 2012 11:24 AM in response to cathy fasano

OK, I have reported the bug to apple too! (thx for your assist, cathy fasano)

Let's hope apple will fix the problem soon!

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Answer 15

Mar 19, 2012 2:56 PM in response to cathy fasano

hi Cathy - yup, unfortunately installed Safari 5.1.4 on one of my two 2008 Xserves - no more Software Update, either by GUI or command line.

I'd hoped that the update that came out today, 19 Mar 2012, titled "Apple Software Installer Update 1.0" would fix this issue. In my case, it did not. The text on the Apple Support page (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1512) for this update was very generic:

About Apple Software Installer Update 1.0

This update addresses an issue that may prevent certain Apple software from installing. This update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X 10.6.8.

I hope there is a working solution soon, that is less work than "install a fresh copy of the system" 😉

cheers!

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