Master doesn't compile on MacOS X 10.13 High Sierra

feed3r commented at 8:57 am on August 3, 2023: none

Hello guys, I’m trying to compile the current Master branch on a quite old Macbook Pro (early 2011) for which the latest supported os is Mac OS X 10.13 high sierra, and I’m getting the following error:

 0Alessios-MacBook-Pro:src feeder$ make V=1
 1g++ -std=c++17 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../src/config   -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -Xclang -internal-isystem/usr/local/include -DMAC_OSX -DOBJC_OLD_DISPATCH_PROTOTYPES=0 -DPROVIDE_FUZZ_MAIN_FUNCTION -I. -I./minisketch/include -I./secp256k1/include -I./univalue/include -I./leveldb/include   -Wstack-protector -fstack-protector-all -Wall -Wextra -Wgnu -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wvla -Wshadow-field -Wthread-safety -Wloop-analysis -Wredundant-decls -Wunused-member-function -Wdate-time -Wconditional-uninitialized -Woverloaded-virtual -Wunreachable-code-loop-increment -Wimplicit-fallthrough -Wdocumentation -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-self-assign       -g -O2 -MT bitcoind-bitcoind.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/bitcoind-bitcoind.Tpo -c -o bitcoind-bitcoind.o `test -f 'bitcoind.cpp' || echo './'`bitcoind.cpp
 2In file included from bitcoind.cpp:10:
 3In file included from ./chainparams.h:9:
 4In file included from ./kernel/chainparams.h:10:
 5In file included from ./netaddress.h:18:
 6./util/strencodings.h:15:10: fatal error: 'charconv' file not found
 7#include <charconv>
 8         ^~~~~~~~~~
 91 error generated.
10make[1]: *** [bitcoind-bitcoind.o] Error 1
11make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

I think this is a known issue, and seems to be related to an old compiler, that does not fully support C++17 (and charconv, in particular)

My current compiler is an Apple LLVM 10, that I would believe is not that old:

0Alessios-MacBook-Pro:src feeder$ g++ --version
1Configured with: --prefix=/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
2Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.10.44.4)
3Target: x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0
4Thread model: posix
5InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin

Does anybody know if MacOS 10.13 is not supported anymore and it’s necessary to upgrade to a different release?

Is it known if MacOS 10.15 Catalina is supported?

PS: I also tried to install a newer version of GCC through BREW, but this release of MacOS is not supported anymore, so I’m just considering to change environment.

fanquake commented at 9:02 am on August 3, 2023: member

that does not fully support C++17

Master requires a C++17 capable compiler, so you wont be able to compile it with a compiler that doesn’t support C++17. I’d suggest installing a modern LLVM/Clang via brew, and using that, if possible.

Does anybody know if MacOS 10.13 is not supported anymore Is it known if MacOS 10.15 Catalina is supported?

On master, the minimum supported macOS version is 11.0. The prior minimum supported macOS version was 10.15.

fanquake added the label macOS on Aug 3, 2023

MarcoFalke commented at 9:20 am on August 3, 2023: member

For reference, you can read the release notes of the release you are interested in to see which version of macOS is supported. For example:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-25.0.md#compatibility

MarcoFalke added the label Questions and Help on Aug 3, 2023

fanquake commented at 9:36 am on August 3, 2023: member

Think we can close this for now, as it’s not a bug, and I don’t think there’s anything we can do. @feed3r feel free to keep commenting if you have further questions etc.

fanquake closed this on Aug 3, 2023

feed3r commented at 10:28 am on August 3, 2023: none

Thank you all guys, yes this is not a bug and I was only looking for any common experience. I had a solution anyway and will go with a release checking the compatibility in the release notes. Thank you all again!

Master doesn’t compile on MacOS X 10.13 High Sierra #28206