Attempt to parse 10.15's softwareupdate -l output

2026-05-20 13:18:33 -05:00 · 2019-08-25 19:20:05 -07:00
parent 4c0449f513
commit 504c47283f
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -168,9 +168,16 @@ def run(options_list, catalog_url=None, stop_allowed=False):

        # --list-specific output
        if mode == 'list':
-            if output.startswith('   * '):
+            if output.strip().startswith('*'):
                # collect list of items available for install
-                update_entry = output[5:]
+                if output.startswith('   * '):
+                    update_entry = output[5:]
+                elif output.startswith('* Label: '):
+                    # seen in 10.15 betas
+                    update_entry = output[9:]
+                else:
+                    # unknown format
+                    continue
                update_parts = update_entry.split('-')
                # version is the bit after the last hyphen
                # (let's hope there are no hyphens in the versions!)