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So I finally give up on the Adobe Updater, (note: after five days), and download the specific update.
First oddity, the Updater was trying to install Premiere Pro 3.2, but the Adobe download site has 3.01, 3.1, 3.11, and 3.2. Meh, what the hell, download them all.
Let's run the 3.2 updater. Start it, authenticate, it dies.
Whaa?
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Well, that's not right. Hmm, let's read the logs. Oh look, line after line of babble, and then the money shot: Safari was running. No dialogs, no warnings, just silent failure. No really, look, here are the log files:
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (45) : ^[Aa][Dd][Oo][Bb][Ee] [Ii][Ll][Ll][Uu][Ss][Tt][Rr][Aa][Tt][Oo][Rr]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (46) : ^[Ii][Ll][Ll][Uu][Ss][Tt][Rr][Aa][Tt][Oo][Rr]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (47) : ^[Aa][Dd][Oo][Bb][Ee] [Ii][Nn][Cc][Oo][Pp][Yy] [Cc][Ss]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (48) : ^[Aa][Dd][Oo][Bb][Ee] [Ii][Nn][Dd][Ee][Ss][Ii][Gg][Nn] [Cc][Ss]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (49) : ^[Ii][Nn][Cc][Oo][Pp][Yy] [Cc][Ss]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (50) : ^[Ii][Nn][Dd][Ee][Ss][Ii][Gg][Nn] [Cc][Ss]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (51) : ^[Ii][Nn][Dd][Ee][Ss][Ii][Gg][Nn][Ss][Ee][Rr][Vv][Ee][Rr]
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (52) : ^[Vv][Cc][Pp][Rr][Ee][Ff][Ss][Hh][Ee][Ll][Pp][Ee][Rr]
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (53) : ^[Vv][Ee][Rr][Ss][Ii][Oo][Nn][Cc][Uu][Ee][Cc][Ss]3[Cc][Tt][Ll]
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (54) : ^[Aa][Uu][Dd][Ii][Tt][Ii][Oo][Nn]
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Conflicting Processes (55) : ^[Aa][Dd][Oo][Bb][Ee] [Pp][Rr][Ee][Mm][Ii][Ee][Rr][Ee]*
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] SPACE REQUIREMENT:
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Space required on system volume : 27416 KBytes
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Space required on target volume : 6854 KBytes
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] .................................................................
11/21/08 9:34:06 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Path to driver dmg, /Volumes/PatcherApplication/RIBSWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/Setup.dmg
11/21/08 9:34:10 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Applications were Quit result (non zero mean quit) = 0
11/21/08 9:34:10 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Following applications were found running, Safari
11/21/08 9:34:10 AM RIBSWrapper[316] Exit Code: 8
11/21/08 9:34:10 AM com.apple.launchd[122] ([0x0-0x2b02b].com.Adobe.RIBSWrapper[316]) Exited with exit code: 8
Wow...good thing there's all that detail about conflicting processes...not.
Why, why, WHY does this have to happen?
It happens with the After Effects updater too. I'm beyond infuriated and well into agog at this point.
---Update---
Even more agog at how the After Effects 8.0.2 updater has NO UI, but LOCKS UP MY MACHINE. Fucking Console isn't updating, can't even SSH into it.
Whomever made the decision to do this installer should be tased in the taint.
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