build: Bump minimum supported macOS to 13.0 #31048

hebasto commented at 1:12 PM on October 7, 2024: member

Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security issues.

macOS Monterey 12 received its final security update (12.7.6) on July 2024. Apple classifies the hardware that can run macOS 12 at most as "obsolete worldwide".

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Sjors commented at 1:40 PM on October 7, 2024: member

Concept ACK. See #30997 (comment)

maflcko commented at 2:06 PM on October 7, 2024: member

You'll also have to remove doc/build-osx.md:54:For macOS 11 (Big Sur) and 12 (Monterey) you need to install a more recent version of llvm., no?

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hebasto commented at 2:11 PM on October 7, 2024: member

You'll also have to remove doc/build-osx.md:54:For macOS 11 (Big Sur) and 12 (Monterey) you need to install a more recent version of llvm., no?

Thanks! Updated.

theuni commented at 2:53 PM on October 7, 2024: member

Concept ACK.

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Sjors commented at 5:35 PM on October 7, 2024: member

Trying to test if this still works on macOS 13.7 I got stuck. Most likely unrelated to the changes here, but see #31050.

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hebasto commented at 4:07 PM on October 8, 2024: member

Qt 6.8 LTS dropped support for macOS 11.

itornaza approved

itornaza commented at 6:11 PM on October 9, 2024: contributor

Concept ACK

jarolrod commented at 3:04 AM on October 10, 2024: contributor

concept ack

maflcko commented at 6:28 AM on October 10, 2024: member

review ACK 05d25304bc4e0c3058c8ee8a89448ce63ac77304

Didn't test, because I don't use or have a macos.

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itornaza approved

itornaza commented at 8:08 AM on October 10, 2024: contributor

tested ACK 05d25304bc4e0c3058c8ee8a89448ce63ac77304

Run all tests including the functional and extended on macOS 15.0.1 and everything checks out ok.

Unfortunately, I could not test on macOS previous to 12, as I have converted all my older macs to run Linux.

fanquake commented at 10:11 AM on October 10, 2024: member

Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security issues. macOS Big Sur 11 received its last security update (11.7.10) over a year ago.

If this is the reasoning we are going to use, shouldn't this be bumping to 10.13, given 10.12 is also "unsupported" in terms of security updates?

theuni commented at 3:57 PM on October 11, 2024: member

Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security issues. macOS Big Sur 11 received its last security update (11.7.10) over a year ago.

If this is the reasoning we are going to use, shouldn't this be bumping to 10.13, given 10.12 is also "unsupported" in terms of security updates?

Yes, good point. I didn't realize 12.0 was eol'd. We shouldn't let qt dictate what we support.

Agree that 13 would make more sense, especially considering v29 won't be tagged for quite a while.

maflcko commented at 3:17 PM on October 14, 2024: member

Doing it for 11 seemed obvious and uncontroversial, but dropping 12 seems fine as well. Either here, or in a follow-up.

hebasto commented at 8:58 AM on October 15, 2024: member

Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security issues. macOS Big Sur 11 received its last security update (11.7.10) over a year ago.

If this is the reasoning we are going to use, shouldn't this be bumping to 10.13, given 10.12 is also "unsupported" in terms of security updates?

You mean "13.0" and "12.0", right?

For the reference, macOS 12 was last updated on 2024-07-29. The three most recent Apple updates did not affect macOS 12.

hebasto commented at 9:07 AM on October 15, 2024: member

If we raise the minimum supported macOS version to 13.0, it would mean dropping support for hardware like MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016) and older, which Apple classifies as "obsolete worldwide".

I'll update this PR shortly.

build: Bump minimum supported macOS to 13.0

Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security
issues.

macOS Monterey 12 received its final security update (12.7.6) on July
2024. Apple classifies the hardware that can run macOS 12 at most as
"obsolete worldwide".

a0e089a71d

hebasto renamed this:
~~build: Bump minimum supported macOS to 12.0~~
build: Bump minimum supported macOS to 13.0
on Oct 15, 2024

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hebasto commented at 9:21 AM on October 15, 2024: member

Running Bitcoin Core on unsupported OSes may expose users to security issues. macOS Big Sur 11 received its last security update (11.7.10) over a year ago.

If this is the reasoning we are going to use, shouldn't this be bumping to 10.13, given 10.12 is also "unsupported" in terms of security updates?

Yes, good point. I didn't realize 12.0 was eol'd. We shouldn't let qt dictate what we support.

Agree that 13 would make more sense, especially considering v29 won't be tagged for quite a while.

Done.

The PR description has been updated.

maflcko commented at 9:24 AM on October 15, 2024: member

lgtm ACK a0e089a71dc449f4cc177d6eb3050400e63f4b3f

Didn't test, because I don't use or have a macos.

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m3dwards commented at 9:39 AM on October 15, 2024: contributor

ACK a0e089a71dc449f4cc177d6eb3050400e63f4b3f

Tested on ARM Mac 14.6

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hebasto commented at 10:01 AM on October 15, 2024: member

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fanquake commented at 10:33 AM on October 16, 2024: member

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in doc/build-osx.md:56 in a0e089a71d

  50 | @@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ To install, run the following from your terminal:
  51 |  brew install cmake boost pkg-config libevent
  52 |  ```
  53 |  
  54 | -For macOS 11 (Big Sur) and 12 (Monterey) you need to install a more recent version of llvm.
  55 | -
  56 |  ``` bash
  57 |  brew install llvm
  58 |  ```

maflcko commented at 12:40 PM on October 16, 2024:

Shouldn't this be removed? C.f. 22574046c90c0662f3aa9b1baea074aff54f92a9 ?

Sjors commented at 12:59 PM on October 16, 2024:

Yes that should be removed, along with the rest of the paragraph below.

fanquake commented at 1:23 PM on October 16, 2024:

Removed in #31099.

fanquake referenced this in commit 99e041f86f on Oct 16, 2024

in doc/release-notes-empty-template.md:46 in a0e089a71d

  42 | @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Compatibility
  43 |  ==============
  44 |  
  45 |  Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems
  46 | -using the Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 11.0+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin
  47 | +using the Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 13.0+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin

maflcko commented at 1:57 PM on October 16, 2024:

Do you plan to open a follow-up to apply the similar change to Windows?

hebasto commented at 3:52 PM on October 16, 2024:

Do you plan to open a follow-up to apply the similar change to Windows?

Yes. When I find a proper way to specify the minimum required OS version. The currently used --major-subsystem-version and --minor-subsystem-version flags do not work for me. And Microsoft docs are not very helpful. So any hints are much appreciated.

maflcko commented at 3:54 PM on October 16, 2024:

If everything fails, just updating the docs would be fine as well. Users are always free to shoot themselves in the foot. If the binary works for them, fine, if not, there won't be any support?

fanquake commented at 12:25 PM on October 28, 2024:

Yea, and this is already the case with the current binary. See #31172.

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