Missing execute permissions

[iatsiuk]

Application fails to launch after extraction - missing execute permissions

Description

The CapsLockSwitcher.app downloaded from the releases section fails to launch with the error:

The application "CapsLockSwitcher.app" can't be opened.

Root cause

The ZIP archive contains incorrect file permissions. The main executable lacks execute permissions:

$ unzip -l CapsLockSwitcher.app.zip
Archive:  CapsLockSwitcher.app.zip
...
-rw----     0.0 fat   388144 b- defN 25-Apr-02 02:29 CapsLockSwitcher.app/Contents/MacOS/CapsLockSwitcher
...

The file CapsLockSwitcher.app/Contents/MacOS/CapsLockSwitcher has permissions -rw---- (0600) instead of -rwx------ (0700).

Workaround

chmod +x CapsLockSwitcher.app/Contents/MacOS/CapsLockSwitcher

Expected behavior

The executable should have execute permissions set in the ZIP archive to allow the app to launch immediately after extraction.

Environment

• macOS (version not specified, but issue affects all versions)
• Downloaded from: https://github.com/doasync/CapsLockSwitcher/releases

[Lucaswaung]

Same，I don't need to unzip. But chmod is also need.

[alurm]

Yup, this is confusing. The app is great though :)