I used to cast an NSError to CFErrorRef like this and using it in SMJobBless
NSError *error
BOOL removed = SMJobRemove(kSMDomainSystemLaunchd,
(CFStringRef) daemonBundleID,
auth,
true,
(CFErrorRef*) &error);
if (!removed) {
NSLog(@"Failed to remove existing PacketTool");
[NSApp presentError: error];
}
As I've had errors with ARC, "Cast of an indirect pointer to an Obj-C pointer to 'CFErrorRef' is disallowed with ARC", I changed and decided to do the opposite
CFErrorRef *cfError = nil;
BOOL blessed = SMJobBless(kSMDomainSystemLaunchd, (__bridge CFStringRef)daemonBundleID,
auth,
cfError);
if (!blessed) {
NSError *error = (__bridge NSError *)cfError;
NSLog(@"Failed to bless PacketTool: %@", error);
[NSApp presentError: error];
return FALSE;
}
Now I've got an "Incompatible types casting 'CFErrorRef' to NSError *" with __bridge cast
What can I do?
Update: Thanks to Greg, correct code is now:
CFErrorRef cfError = nil;
BOOL blessed = SMJobBless(kSMDomainSystemLaunchd,
(__bridge CFStringRef) daemonBundleID,
auth,
&cfError);
if (!blessed) {
NSError *error = (__bridge NSError *)cfError;
NSLog(@"Failed to bless PacketTool: %@", error);
[NSApp presentError: error];
return FALSE;
}