start helper app

pEpMacOSAdapter/Makefile

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ LDFLAGS+=$(BOOST_LIB)/libboost_regex.a $(BOOST_LIB)/libboost_iostreams.a $(BOOST
 LDFLAGS+=$(CRYPTOPP_LIB)/libcryptopp.a
 LDFLAGS+=$(OPENSSL_LIB)/libssl.a $(OPENSSL_LIB)/libcrypto.a
 LDFLAGS+=$(DOWNLOADCLIENT)/libdownloadclient.a
-LDFLAGS+=-lobjc -framework Foundation
+LDFLAGS+=-lobjc -framework Foundation -framework AppKit
 
 ifdef NDEBUG
 	CFLAGS+=-O3 -DNDEBUG

pEpMacOSAdapter/main.m

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import <AppKit/NSWorkspace.h>
 #import "pEpMacOSAdapter.h"
 #import "pEpUpdater.h"
 
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ pEpUpdater* updater = nil;
 
 @end
 
+BOOL start_helper(void)
+{
+    NSURL *url = [NSURL 
+        fileURLWithPath:@"/Library/Application Support/pEp/pEp.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/p≡p updates.app"];
+
+    return [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:url];
+}
+
 void signal_TERM(int signal)
 {
     NSLog(@"stopping agent");
@@ -73,6 +82,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
     listener.delegate = delegate;
     [listener resume];
 
+    // start the GUI helper app
+    BOOL opened = start_helper();
+    assert(opened);
+
     NSLog(@"going into main runLoop");
     NSRunLoop* runLoop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
     [runLoop run];