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cd: set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET to 10.7 #468
cd: set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET to 10.7 #468
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The binary release of delta 0.4.5 for macOS created by the "Continuous Deployment" GitHub Actions workflow does not run on older macOS, like 10.11 (El Capitan) [1]. The Rust compiler, rustc, by default, will build macOS binaries compatible with macOS 10.7 or newer [2], [3], but some *-sys crates invoke a C compiler and thus will target the macOS version the C compiler is running on [4], thus limiting the compatibility of the resulting binary. The macOS virtual machines used on GitHub Actions run macOS 10.15.7, and since delta depends on some *-sys crates, the delta binary built by cargo targets macOS 10.15, as can be verified by using the following command: $ otool -l ./target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/delta | grep LC_BUILD_VERSION -A4 cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION cmdsize 32 platform 1 sdk 10.15.6 minos 10.15 or, if building locally on an older macOS versions, (here 10.11): $ otool -l ./target/debug/delta | grep LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX -A2 cmd LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX cmdsize 16 version 10.11 To restore compatibility with older macOS version, explicitely set the environment variable `MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET` to the default for rustc, "10.7". This will make the `clang` C compiler invoked by *-sys crates also target 10.7, thus restoring the compatibility of the delta binary. For simplicity, add this variable to the environment for all platforms, which should not have any effect on non-macOS platforms. [1] dandavison#462 [2] https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/65d053ab74d8c8c9c502b678acc265f3d7e2ac49/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs#L15-L17 [3] https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/65d053ab74d8c8c9c502b678acc265f3d7e2ac49/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs#L53-L61 [4] https://users.rust-lang.org/t/compile-rust-binary-for-older-versions-of-mac-osx/38695/5
Thank you for the detailed explanation! Just one question, do you know if we can support older MACOSX versions, like 10.5 or 10.6 for example? What's the minimum? |
From what I was able to understand while researching this fix, as of now Rust itself is compatible with 10.7 and later only, or maybe 10.6 if building Rust from source with some special
So I think that 10.7 should be enough, being the minimum version supported by Rust. |
Sure, thank you! It was also written in link [2]. For me this can be merged. |
Also, I did not modify the README to revert 2bbf189, but it might be good to do so before the next release... I can submit a subsequent PR once this one is merged. |
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Thanks very much @phil-blain -- for researching the proper solution, implementing, and providing detailed explanations. The two Rust command line projects I tend to check against are bat and ripgrep; I should have thought to look at those when we were first discussing this. Looks like ripgrep may be coming to the same solution as here in BurntSushi/ripgrep#1737 (there is some discussion there that may be relevant). However, on a quick search I didn't see any issues regarding this in bat, nor is it obviously addressed in https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/blob/master/.github/workflows/CICD.yml. I'll aim to get a fixup release out soon (that will be 0.5.0). |
The binary release of delta 0.4.5 for macOS created by the "Continuous
Deployment" GitHub Actions workflow does not run on older macOS, like
10.11 (El Capitan) [1].
The Rust compiler, rustc, by default, will build macOS binaries
compatible with macOS 10.7 or newer [2], [3], but some *-sys crates invoke a
C compiler and thus will target the macOS version the C compiler is
running on [4], thus limiting the compatibility of the resulting
binary. The macOS virtual machines used on GitHub Actions run macOS
10.15.7, and since delta depends on some *-sys crates, the delta binary
built by cargo targets macOS 10.15, as can be verified by using the
following command:
or, if building locally on an older macOS versions, (here 10.11):
To restore compatibility with older macOS version, explicitely set the environment
variable
MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
to the default for rustc, "10.7".This will make the
clang
C compiler invoked by *-sys crates alsotarget 10.7, thus restoring the compatibility of the delta binary.
For simplicity, add this variable to the environment for all platforms,
which should not have any effect on non-macOS platforms.
[1] #462
[2] https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/65d053ab74d8c8c9c502b678acc265f3d7e2ac49/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs#L15-L17
[3] https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/65d053ab74d8c8c9c502b678acc265f3d7e2ac49/compiler/rustc_target/src/spec/apple_base.rs#L53-L61
[4] https://users.rust-lang.org/t/compile-rust-binary-for-older-versions-of-mac-osx/38695/5