Picking up where we left off with Jenkins, let's look at one possible workflow to get autopkg projects working. Specifically when paired with Munki, this requires a bit more thought, but the Jenkins 'workspace' model and sane use of variables allows us to make one all-purpose script for most contingencies we'd deal with.
For those of you who do application testing inside of an OS X VMware VM, you may have noticed that Java does not work properly. Rich has a good summary of the status of running Java inside a VM and even a fix that VMWare has provided which patches Java so it will run properly.
Tim Sutton has a post that talks about how Java 7 uses LaunchDaemons in a very poor fashion. The amount of poor scripting and LaunchDaemon usage is quite sad. It makes one wonder how Java 7 works at all on OS X.
If you wanted to know everything there is to know about disabling Java 7 updates, then head over to Tim Sutton's blog to check out his latest post.
Several different methods for managing XProtect settings have surfaced since rapid fire Java and Flash updates were released over the past few weeks. Some methods disable the auto update feature of XProtect and require that you manually update the XProtect settings.
With the increased rate of Java vulnerabilities as of late, it has been a real chore keeping track of what needs to be done with Java for your organization. If you use Java-based apps or webapps and you can not just disable all the plugins, you must have some way of allowing people to continue using some version of Java.
