depends build fails due to OpenBSD touch incompatibility with -h option #36519

issue Nitya-003 opened this issue on October 14, 2026

Nitya-003 commented at 4:04 AM on October 14, 2026: none

While trying to cross-compile / build Bitcoin Core on an OpenBSD host or using the OpenBSD dependency builder (depends/builders/openbsd.mk), the build process encounters an incompatibility with the touch utility.

Specifically, OpenBSD's native touch command does not recognize or support the -h flag (which is typically used to change the timestamps of symbolic links rather than the files they point to on other Unix variants like GNU coreutils/Linux).

The openbsd.mk file currently defines specific command overrides for OpenBSD tools (e.g., setting build_openbsd_TOUCH = touch -m -t 200001011200). However, anywhere the -h flag is being passed to touch during the OpenBSD build workflow, it needs to be adjusted or stripped since OpenBSD's touch doesn't support modifying symlink timestamps via -h.
hebasto commented at 5:21 AM on October 14, 2026: member

Which OpenBSD release exactly?

FWIW, releases 7.9 and 7.8 build fine: https://github.com/hebasto/bitcoin-core-nightly/actions/runs/38359240744.
hebasto added the label Build system on Oct 14, 2026
Nitya-003 commented at 8:21 AM on October 14, 2026: none

I am trying with 7.8 systemlibs succeeded depends aint
hebasto commented at 8:24 AM on October 14, 2026: member

Could you please provide the exact steps to reproduce the issue with command outputs and error messages?
maflcko commented at 10:03 AM on October 14, 2026: member

Also, the exact version of Bitcoin Core (git log -1, git status, git diff)
Nitya-003 commented at 4:01 PM on October 16, 2026: none

@hebasto Thanks for support! The issue got resolved...It was due to version mismatch of git log -1
Nitya-003 closed this on Oct 16, 2026

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