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Related issue: Follow-up to #55865, which fixes the same bug for cask rmdir.
Generated macOS uninstall scripts emit sudo rm -rf '~/...' for cask delete entries. The tilde is single-quoted, so it never expands: the command targets a relative path named ~ and the file is never removed. Uninstall scripts have no set -e, so this fails silently. On main, it affects 7 apps. For example, the Elgato Stream Deck, Wave Link, Loopback, and Splashtop Streamer LaunchAgent plists are left behind.
New delete_user_path helper in the homebrew ingester. It resolves ~ to /Users/$LOGGED_IN_USER, the way trash does, and skips the path when there's no GUI user: no console user, root, or the login window, the same check trash makes.
rm runs as the console user (sudo -u "$logged_in_user" rm -rf), not root, matching macOS FMA uninstalls: move trashed files as the user, not root #56846's trash(). The user controls every folder in a ~ path, so as root a symlink they planted (for example ~/Library/LaunchAgents → /Library/LaunchDaemons) would redirect the delete outside their home. If the user's delete fails, the script logs Failed to remove <path>. and root doesn't retry. Files in the home folder that the user can't delete (owned by root) are left behind.
The generator also keeps brew's guards for ~ paths: it skips the home folder itself (~, ~/) and any path with . or .. segments. The helper also refuses anything that isn't ~/ followed by a path. Brew additionally refuses a list of standard home folders, such as ~/Library and ~/Documents. That list isn't copied here, and no current cask deletes one of them.
Absolute delete paths are unchanged (sudo rm -rf '<path>'), so no other output changes.
Regenerated the uninstall scripts of the 7 affected outputs: elgato-stream-deck, elgato-wave-link, loopback, splashtop-streamer, steam, topaz-gigapixel-ai, and topaz-photo-ai. Only uninstall_script_ref and its refs entry change: no version, URL, SHA, or install script changes. As of 2026-10-29, each uninstall script is byte-identical to what the ingester generates from the current cask, which is at main's version. None of the 7 apps is frozen or uses a custom script.
Not in this PR: absolute delete paths with globs, such as '/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/zoom.us*', are also single-quoted, so they never expand either. That affects 13 apps and needs its own change, since it means expanding globs for a root rm -rf.
Shared code changed: ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts.go. The validator will run on the 7 changed outputs. #56846 also changes these 7 outputs, so whichever merges second needs them regenerated.
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Input data is properly validated, SELECT * is avoided, SQL injection is prevented (using placeholders for values in statements), JS inline code is prevented especially for url redirects, and untrusted data interpolated into shell scripts/commands is validated against shell metacharacters.
(Cask paths are still emitted through shellSingleQuote. The helper only uses them as "..." arguments, and ~ paths that could leave the home folder are never emitted.)
the generated lines, including an apostrophe in the path
that absolute paths still emit sudo rm -rf '<path>'
that ~, ~/, ~//, ../. segments, and ~user paths are never emitted
running the generated script under bash: ~ paths are deleted through sudo -u <console user> under /Users/<console user>, and skipped with no console user, as root, or at the login window
that a failed delete as the user is reported and not retried as root
that the helper on its own refuses anything outside ~/)
QA'd all new/changed functionality manually
(All 7 regenerated scripts pass bash -n. BSD rm -rf on an absolute path works when the working directory isn't readable, as root's working directory isn't under sudo -u. Not yet run end-to-end on a host.)
go test ./ee/maintained-apps/... ./cmd/maintained-apps/... passes. golangci-lint (CI's pinned v2.14.0) reports 0 issues on the ingester, both full and with --new-from-merge-base=origin/main.
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Bug Fixes
Uninstalling affected apps now correctly removes their user-specific files from the logged-in user’s home directory.
Cleanup skips these files when no eligible logged-in user is available, and reports failures instead of retrying deletion with elevated privileges.
Generated macOS uninstall scripts emitted `sudo rm -rf '~/...'` for cask
delete entries. The quoted tilde never expands, so the file was never
removed. A new delete_user_path helper resolves ~ to the console user's
home and skips it with no GUI user. rm runs as that user, not root, so a
symlink the user puts in the path can't redirect it outside their home.
Like brew, the home folder itself and paths with . or .. segments are
never deleted. Absolute paths are unchanged.
Regenerates the uninstall scripts of the 7 affected outputs at main's
versions.
The Homebrew uninstall script generator now validates home-relative delete paths and routes accepted paths through a helper that removes them as the logged-in user. Tests cover path validation, user eligibility, quoting, and deletion failures. Updated app records reference scripts that use the helper for user-specific cleanup paths.
Priority: Normal
Merge Risk: Low · up to b6d23
The change improves standard home-directory cleanup, but accounts with relocated homes can silently retain files after uninstall. Mergeability risk is bounded to that configuration; resolve the actual account home or explicitly accept this limitation.
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Expand wildcard delete paths in delete_user_path, and keep literal paths intact.
A ~/delete entry with a glob reaches delete_user_path. The helper passes the pattern to rm -rf as a literal path. Nothing matches, rm -rf exits 0 for a missing path, and the matching files stay in place without a message. Check for a literal path first, so a valid path that contains brackets still works. Expand the glob only when no literal path exists, as trash does. compgen -G treats [...] as a pattern, so calling it on a literal path that contains brackets skips that path.
Note: this behaviour predates this PR (already present at merge base 9ee56209d433); the change keeps it reachable.
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Review comment at @ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts.go at line
1173:
Update delete_user_path to remove an existing literal target first, including
symlinks, and return without glob expansion; only when no literal target exists,
expand the pattern and remove each match, reporting failures against the matched
path.
The echo "$*" stub joins all arguments with spaces. A split Application Support/Foo Bar target prints the same line as a quoted one. If $target were unquoted in delete_user_path, this subtest would still pass, while rm -rf ran on partial paths such as /Users/alice/Library/Application. Printing each argument in brackets keeps the argument boundaries visible to the assertion.
🐛 Suggested fix
t.Run("deletes home paths as the console user", func(t *testing.T) {
stubs := `scutil() { echo " Name : alice"; }
-sudo() { echo "$*"; }+sudo() { for a in "$@"; do printf '[%s]' "$a"; done; echo; }
`
out := run(t, stubs, "~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.Foo.plist", "~/Library/Application Support/Foo Bar", "/Library/Foo")
- require.Equal(t, "-u alice rm -rf /Users/alice/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.Foo.plist\n-u alice rm -rf /Users/alice/Library/Application Support/Foo Bar\nrm -rf /Library/Foo\n", out)+ require.Equal(t, "[-u][alice][rm][-rf][/Users/alice/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.Foo.plist]\n[-u][alice][rm][-rf][/Users/alice/Library/Application Support/Foo Bar]\n[rm][-rf][/Library/Foo]\n", out)
})
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Review comment at @ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts_test.go around
lines 1616 - 1619:
Update the `sudo` stub in the “deletes home paths as the console user” subtest
to print each argument in brackets, and update the expected output to match.
This makes the assertion distinguish a single path containing spaces from
multiple arguments.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts.go:
- Line 1172: Update the home-path resolution in delete_user_path so `~/` targets
use the console user’s actual home directory rather than assuming
`/Users/$logged_in_user`; if no home directory is available, skip removal
instead of using that fallback.
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Minor comments:
Review comments at @ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts.go:
- Line 1173: Update delete_user_path to remove an existing literal target first,
including symlinks, and return without glob expansion; only when no literal
target exists, expand the pattern and remove each match, reporting failures
against the matched path.
---
Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts_test.go:
- Around line 1616-1619: Update the `sudo` stub in the “deletes home paths as
the console user” subtest to print each argument in brackets, and update the
expected output to match. This makes the assertion distinguish a single path
containing spaces from multiple arguments.
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Related issue: Follow-up to #55865, which fixes the same bug for cask
rmdir.Generated macOS uninstall scripts emit
sudo rm -rf '~/...'for caskdeleteentries. The tilde is single-quoted, so it never expands: the command targets a relative path named~and the file is never removed. Uninstall scripts have noset -e, so this fails silently. On main, it affects 7 apps. For example, the Elgato Stream Deck, Wave Link, Loopback, and Splashtop Streamer LaunchAgent plists are left behind.delete_user_pathhelper in the homebrew ingester. It resolves~to/Users/$LOGGED_IN_USER, the waytrashdoes, and skips the path when there's no GUI user: no console user, root, or the login window, the same checktrashmakes.rmruns as the console user (sudo -u "$logged_in_user" rm -rf), not root, matching macOS FMA uninstalls: move trashed files as the user, not root #56846'strash(). The user controls every folder in a~path, so as root a symlink they planted (for example~/Library/LaunchAgents→/Library/LaunchDaemons) would redirect the delete outside their home. If the user's delete fails, the script logsFailed to remove <path>.and root doesn't retry. Files in the home folder that the user can't delete (owned by root) are left behind.~paths: it skips the home folder itself (~,~/) and any path with.or..segments. The helper also refuses anything that isn't~/followed by a path. Brew additionally refuses a list of standard home folders, such as~/Libraryand~/Documents. That list isn't copied here, and no current cask deletes one of them.deletepaths are unchanged (sudo rm -rf '<path>'), so no other output changes.uninstall_script_refand itsrefsentry change: no version, URL, SHA, or install script changes. As of 2026-10-29, each uninstall script is byte-identical to what the ingester generates from the current cask, which is at main's version. None of the 7 apps is frozen or uses a custom script.Not in this PR: absolute
deletepaths with globs, such as'/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/zoom.us*', are also single-quoted, so they never expand either. That affects 13 apps and needs its own change, since it means expanding globs for a rootrm -rf.Shared code changed:
ee/maintained-apps/ingesters/homebrew/scripts.go. The validator will run on the 7 changed outputs. #56846 also changes these 7 outputs, so whichever merges second needs them regenerated.Checklist for submitter
SELECT *is avoided, SQL injection is prevented (using placeholders for values in statements), JS inline code is prevented especially for url redirects, and untrusted data interpolated into shell scripts/commands is validated against shell metacharacters.(Cask paths are still emitted through
shellSingleQuote. The helper only uses them as"..."arguments, and~paths that could leave the home folder are never emitted.)Testing
(
TestUninstallScriptDeleteResolvesHomechecks:sudo rm -rf '<path>'~,~/,~//,../.segments, and~userpaths are never emitted~paths are deleted throughsudo -u <console user>under/Users/<console user>, and skipped with no console user, as root, or at the login window~/)(All 7 regenerated scripts pass
bash -n. BSDrm -rfon an absolute path works when the working directory isn't readable, as root's working directory isn't undersudo -u. Not yet run end-to-end on a host.)go test ./ee/maintained-apps/... ./cmd/maintained-apps/...passes. golangci-lint (CI's pinned v2.14.0) reports 0 issues on the ingester, both full and with--new-from-merge-base=origin/main.AI
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