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  • Alpine 2.26 doesn't compile on MacOS

    From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 13 23:51:47 2025
    The current version of Alpine stopped compiling on MacOS since the last update to the Apple Xcode package. The error messages suggest that the problem is that
    there is now a new build environment for their VR headset, and something in the source code needs to be tweaked to say not to build there, just like it
    doesn't try to build for iOS or WatchOS.

    Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I've been programming Unix systems for a long time but have very little Apple-specific experience.

    My existing compiled version of Alpine still works fine but if I need to rebuild
    it for a new version of OpenSSL or whatever, uh oh.
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  • From Eduardo Chappa@21:1/5 to John Levine on Thu Jan 16 21:43:17 2025
    On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, John Levine wrote:

    The current version of Alpine stopped compiling on MacOS since the last update to the Apple Xcode package. The error messages suggest that the problem is that there is now a new build environment for their VR
    headset, and something in the source code needs to be tweaked to say not
    to build there, just like it doesn't try to build for iOS or WatchOS.


    hi john,

    can you send me a copy of the files named in the failure so i can review them. for example, one of them is the
    file include/system.h, followed by /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frame
    works/Carbon.framework/Headers/Carbon.h
    etc.

    thank you.

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    eduardo

    p.s. i tried sending this message to you on december 31, but there was a starttls failure on your side that prevented the message from being
    delivered to you. i recommend you try to contact me from a different email address to the one you used to contact me last year so i can share with
    you the error message i received. thank you.

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