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Stat fails to compile because of missing file #145
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On Mac Sonoma 14.4.1 (M2 chip)
make
compiling md5sum...
compiling cat...
compiling shuf...
compiling expand...
compiling tty...
compiling basename...
compiling truncate...
compiling echo...
compiling pwd...
compiling test...
compiling whoami...
compiling touch...
compiling unlink...
compiling sleep...
compiling logname...
compiling printenv...
compiling seq...
compiling uname...
compiling sha224sum...
compiling base64...
compiling readlink...
compiling tac...
compiling wc...
compiling nproc...
compiling expr...
compiling cksum...
compiling printf...
compiling groups...
compiling factor...
compiling head...
compiling uniq...
compiling stat...
failed cmd: /Users/mike/Documents/github/v/v -Wimpure-v -o /Users/mike/Documents/github/coreutils/bin/stat ./stat
failed code: 1
V panic: builder error: Header file <bits/statx.h>, needed for module `main` was not found. Please install the corresponding development headers.
v hash: 35f6523
0 build 0x0000000100c671e4 os__execute_or_panic + 320
1 build 0x0000000100c6c750 main__main + 3036
2 build 0x0000000100c6cd40 main + 84
3 dyld 0x00000001946e20e0 start + 2360
make: *** [all] Error 1```
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spytheman commentedon May 21, 2024
Yes, the
statxAPI is linux only. Afaik we have not tried compiling the tools on macos yet, and several of them fail to compile there:stat,syncanduptime.We should use more portable POSIX APIs where possible in the future.
SheatNoisette commentedon Dec 21, 2025
The problem is applicable for building with musl-based distributions.
fix: repair the 10 test files that were failing for unrelated reasons (…