nodejs-mobile fails to build on macOS 10.14 Mojave

[cyberiums]

During the ./tools/android_build.sh ~/android-ndk-r18b process, it throws following error.

ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[1]: [/Users/pksingh/nodejs-mobile2/out/Release/torque] Error 1 make: [node] Error 2

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @cyberiums , Could you please share the full build logo? Sharing a https://gist.github.com would be a good way of doing it.

[kongdexing]

I had the same error ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386 clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) make[1]: *** [/Users/kongdexing/Desktop/MyProj/code/nodejs-mobile-git/nodejs-mobile/out/Release/torque] Error 1 rm 8b3fabe1e3eb4251f3eac8139324b7b48d695883.intermediate make: *** [node] Error 2

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @kongdexing , Could you please share the full build logo? Sharing a https://gist.github.com would be a good way of doing it.

[bolinfest]

@jaimecbernardo Here you go: https://gist.github.com/bolinfest/0ab6440a94af4acc444dd05eafebd485

I see issues with trying to build for i386 on other Mac projects: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/108

[bolinfest]

Here's another example of a change someone made to update their project for mojave:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/issues/781

It's hard to figure out where to do the same here because the configuration logic seems a bit spread out?

[bolinfest]

Yikes, reading all the way through the https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/108 thread, the "resolution" was to drop macOS support :(

[jaimecbernardo]

Hi @bolinfest ,

Thank you for the detailed log.

Looks like this is caused by the Xcode 10 deprecation of building for i86: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_10_release_notes?language=objc

The macOS 10.14 SDK no longer contains support for compiling 32-bit applications. If developers need to compile for i386, Xcode 9.4 or earlier is required. (39858111)

So, one way of getting around this might be downloading Xode 9.4 and using it with xcode-select to select that version before building, as in these comments: https://github.com/mphoward/gsd-vmd/issues/2#issuecomment-471968702

This should still enable you to build 32-bit in Mojave. Please let us know if it works.

[xuelongqy]

You can use Docker ubuntu on macOS