mackup command stopped working - sys.exit(load_entry_point('mackup==0.8.37', 'console_scripts', 'mackup')())

[Evan Harmon]

Hi,
The mackup command stopped working recently. I'm not sure if it was after a macOS update or brew update, etc. I'm on Ventura 13.4.1. mackup 0.8.37. Homebrew 4.0.28

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/bin/mackup", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('mackup==0.8.37', 'console_scripts', 'mackup')())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mackup/0.8.37/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mackup/main.py", line 67, in main
    app_db = ApplicationsDatabase()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mackup/0.8.37/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mackup/appsdb.py", line 44, in __init__
    app_pretty_name = config.get("application", "name")
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/configparser.py", line 797, in get
    d = self._unify_values(section, vars)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/configparser.py", line 1168, in _unify_values
    raise NoSectionError(section) from None
configparser.NoSectionError: No section: 'application'
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/bin/mackup", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('mackup==0.8.37', 'console_scripts', 'mackup')())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mackup/0.8.37/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mackup/main.py", line 67, in main
    app_db = ApplicationsDatabase()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mackup/0.8.37/libexec/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mackup/appsdb.py", line 44, in __init__
    app_pretty_name = config.get("application", "name")
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/configparser.py", line 797, in get
    d = self._unify_values(section, vars)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.4_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/configparser.py", line 1168, in _unify_values
    raise NoSectionError(section) from None
configparser.NoSectionError: No section: 'application'

I don't think any of my mackup config files have changed. I'm thinking it's a python issue from maybe brew updating python? What would you recommend to fix the mackup command? Thanks!

[Josh Medeski]

Can you share you ~/.mackup.cfg please?

configparser.NoSectionError: No section: 'application'

This error indicates there is something wrong with your config file.

[Evan Harmon]

[storage]
engine = icloud

[applications_to_ignore]
ssh
aws
ansible
kubectl

[Josh Medeski]

That looks great, do you have any custom configurations? Perhaps one of you custom configurations in ~/.mackup/*.cfg files is missing [application] or has a syntax error.

See this for more details:
https://github.com/lra/mackup/tree/master/doc#add-support-for-an-application-or-almost-any-file-or-directory

[Evan Harmon]

Ah, I'd forgotten about the custom configuration part! I had setup a ~/.mackup/*.cfg config file and looks like I accidentally symlinked my ~/.mackup.cfg file inside that folder at some point in addition to having that file in ~/. (Probably an accident from recently modifying my os configuration scripts). So I tried to just delete that extra config file in that folder and reran mackup which ran successfully. Thanks for pointing me in that direction!

[Josh Medeski]

Sweet! Glad we could figure it out.