trust softwareupdate for macOS status and harden tests

lib/check/all.sh

@@ -351,24 +351,29 @@ check_macos_update() {
     # Check whitelist
     if command -v is_whitelisted > /dev/null && is_whitelisted "check_macos_updates"; then return; fi
 
-    # Fast check using system preferences
+    # Fast check using system preferences to avoid unnecessary scans.
-    local updates_available="false"
+    # We only surface a macOS update when softwareupdate itself lists a macOS
-    if [[ $(get_software_updates) == "Updates Available" ]]; then
+    # system update. If softwareupdate fails, times out, or does not list any
-        updates_available="true"
+    # macOS-labelled entries, we treat the system as up to date to avoid
+    # false-positive warnings.
+    local updates_available
+    updates_available="false"
+
+    if [[ $(get_software_updates) == "Updates Available" ]]; then
+        local sw_output
+        sw_output=""
+        local sw_status
+        sw_status=0
+        local spinner_started
+        spinner_started="false"
 
-        # Verify with softwareupdate using --no-scan to avoid triggering a fresh scan
-        # which can timeout. We prioritize avoiding false negatives (missing actual updates)
-        # over false positives, so we only clear the update flag when softwareupdate
-        # explicitly reports "No new software available"
-        local sw_output=""
-        local sw_status=0
-        local spinner_started=false
         if [[ -t 1 ]]; then
             MOLE_SPINNER_PREFIX="  " start_inline_spinner "Checking macOS updates..."
-            spinner_started=true
+            spinner_started="true"
         fi
 
-        local softwareupdate_timeout=10
+        local softwareupdate_timeout
+        softwareupdate_timeout=10
         if sw_output=$(run_with_timeout "$softwareupdate_timeout" softwareupdate -l --no-scan 2> /dev/null); then
             :
         else
@@ -384,22 +389,18 @@ check_macos_update() {
             echo "[DEBUG] softwareupdate exit status: $sw_status, output lines: $(echo "$sw_output" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" >&2
         fi
 
-        # Prefer avoiding false negatives: if the system indicates updates are pending,
+        # Only trust softwareupdate as the source of truth. We surface a macOS
-        # only clear the flag when softwareupdate returns a list without any update entries.
+        # update *only* when softwareupdate successfully returns at least one
-        # However, macOS doesn't distinguish between system and App Store updates in the
+        # macOS-labelled entry; otherwise we prefer a false negative over a
-        # LastRecommendedUpdatesAvailable counter, so we additionally require that at least
+        # false positive.
-        # one listed update is a macOS system update before showing a macOS update warning.
         if [[ $sw_status -eq 0 && -n "$sw_output" ]]; then
-            if ! echo "$sw_output" | grep -qE '^[[:space:]]*\*'; then
+            if echo "$sw_output" | grep -qE '^[[:space:]]*\*'; then
-                # No update entries at all
+                local has_macos_update
-                updates_available="false"
+                has_macos_update="false"
-            else
-                # softwareupdate output may include both macOS and App Store updates.
-                # Treat only entries whose Label contains "macOS" as system updates.
-                local has_macos_update="false"
                 while IFS= read -r line; do
                     [[ "$line" =~ ^[[:space:]]*\* ]] || continue
-                    local label="$line"
+                    local label
+                    label="$line"
                     label="${label#*Label: }"
                     label="${label%%,*}"
                     local lower_label
@@ -410,9 +411,8 @@ check_macos_update() {
                     fi
                 done <<< "$sw_output"
 
-                if [[ "$has_macos_update" != "true" ]]; then
+                if [[ "$has_macos_update" == "true" ]]; then
-                    # Only App Store updates are pending – don't flag macOS as outdated
+                    updates_available="true"
-                    updates_available="false"
                 fi
             fi
         fi

scripts/test.sh

@@ -227,37 +227,42 @@ fi
 echo ""
 
 echo "6. Testing installation..."
-# Skip if Homebrew mole is installed (install.sh will refuse to overwrite)
+# Installation script is macOS-specific; skip this test on non-macOS platforms
-install_test_home=""
+if [[ "$(uname -s)" != "Darwin" ]]; then
-if command -v brew > /dev/null 2>&1 && brew list mole &> /dev/null; then
+    printf "${YELLOW}${ICON_WARNING} Installation test skipped (non-macOS)${NC}\n"
-    printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Installation test skipped, Homebrew${NC}\n"
 else
-    install_test_home="$(mktemp -d /tmp/mole-test-home.XXXXXX 2> /dev/null || true)"
+    # Skip if Homebrew mole is installed (install.sh will refuse to overwrite)
-    if [[ -z "$install_test_home" ]]; then
+    install_test_home=""
-        install_test_home="/tmp/mole-test-home"
+    if command -v brew > /dev/null 2>&1 && brew list mole &> /dev/null; then
-        mkdir -p "$install_test_home"
+        printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Installation test skipped, Homebrew${NC}\n"
+    else
+        install_test_home="$(mktemp -d /tmp/mole-test-home.XXXXXX 2> /dev/null || true)"
+        if [[ -z "$install_test_home" ]]; then
+            install_test_home="/tmp/mole-test-home"
+            mkdir -p "$install_test_home"
+        fi
     fi
-fi
+    if [[ -z "$install_test_home" ]]; then
-if [[ -z "$install_test_home" ]]; then
+        :
-    :
+    elif HOME="$install_test_home" \
-elif HOME="$install_test_home" \
+        XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$install_test_home/.config" \
-    XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$install_test_home/.config" \
+        XDG_CACHE_HOME="$install_test_home/.cache" \
-    XDG_CACHE_HOME="$install_test_home/.cache" \
+        MO_NO_OPLOG=1 \
-    MO_NO_OPLOG=1 \
+        ./install.sh --prefix /tmp/mole-test > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    ./install.sh --prefix /tmp/mole-test > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if [[ -f "/tmp/mole-test/mole" ]]; then
-    if [ -f /tmp/mole-test/mole ]; then
+            printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Installation test passed${NC}\n"
-        printf "${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS} Installation test passed${NC}\n"
+        else
+            printf "${RED}${ICON_ERROR} Installation test failed${NC}\n"
+            ((FAILED++))
+        fi
     else
         printf "${RED}${ICON_ERROR} Installation test failed${NC}\n"
         ((FAILED++))
     fi
-else
+    MO_NO_OPLOG=1 safe_remove "/tmp/mole-test" true || true
-    printf "${RED}${ICON_ERROR} Installation test failed${NC}\n"
+    if [[ -n "$install_test_home" ]]; then
-    ((FAILED++))
+        MO_NO_OPLOG=1 safe_remove "$install_test_home" true || true
-fi
+    fi
-MO_NO_OPLOG=1 safe_remove "/tmp/mole-test" true || true
-if [[ -n "$install_test_home" ]]; then
-    MO_NO_OPLOG=1 safe_remove "$install_test_home" true || true
 fi
 echo ""
 

tests/clean_system_maintenance.bats

@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ echo "MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE=$MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE"
 EOF
 
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-    [[ "$output" == *"Update available"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" == *"System up to date"* ]]
-    [[ "$output" == *"MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE=true"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" == *"MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE=false"* ]]
     [[ "$output" != *"BAD_TIMEOUT:"* ]]
 }
 
@@ -641,8 +641,8 @@ echo "MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE=$MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE"
 EOF
 
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-    [[ "$output" == *"Update available"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" == *"System up to date"* ]]
-    [[ "$output" == *"MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE=true"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" == *"MACOS_UPDATE_AVAILABLE=false"* ]]
     [[ "$output" != *"BAD_TIMEOUT:"* ]]
 }