launchd requires self closing tag for boolean

Originator:vrantchan
Number:rdar://47256054 Date Originated:01/14/2019
Status: Resolved:
Product:macOS Product Version:10.14.2
Classification: Reproducible:yes
 
Summary:
LaunchD will not load Property List files with boolean properties unless they have a self closing tag. 
ex

```
		<key>RunAtLoad</key>
		<true></true>
```
results in 

```
victor@kl ~> sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/co.kolide.runload.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/co.kolide.runload.plist: Invalid property list
```

but changing the value to `<true/>` the plist loads. 

`plutil -lint` validates both. 

Steps to Reproduce:
Load this plist with launchd on 10.14

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
		<key>Label</key>
		<string>co.kolide.runload</string>
		<key>Program</key>
		<string>/Users/me/run.sh</string>
		<key>RunAtLoad</key>
		<true></true>
	</dict>
</plist>

Expected Results:
LaunchDaemon loads

Actual Results:

```
/Library/LaunchDaemons/co.kolide.runload.plist: Invalid property list
```

Version/Build:

macOS 10.14.2 18C54

Comments

Notable, is that this passes plutil -lint

` $ cat /tmp/boolean.plutil <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> Label co.kolide.runload Program /Users/me/run.sh RunAtLoad

$ plutil -lint /tmp/boolean.plutil /tmp/boolean.plutil: OK `

By seph at Jan. 17, 2019, 5:02 a.m. (reply...)

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