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macOS metadata files disrupting tool install flattening

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 124547 · apps/bootstrap-installer

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3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
2open PRs
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. see the attempts below.
Tracker
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Still open
1 issue and 2 PRs.

These items address a bug where macOS-generated metadata files (such as .DS_Store) interfere with the package manager's directory-flattening logic during tool installation, causing verification and startup failures. The fixes adjust the flattening logic to ignore or look past OS metadata entries.

Open issues1

  • Issue#124547[Bug]: macOS .DS_Store breaks pm tool install — flatten_single_dir skips flattening, node fails verification ("bin/node missing"), Hermes can't start after update

Open PRs2

  • PR#124556fix(pm): unmask a staged wrapper when Finder metadata joins the tree
  • PR#124571fix(pm): see through OS metadata when flattening a staged tool
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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