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Error building simulator on macOS #847

Closed fernandotetu closed 2 years ago

fernandotetu commented 2 years ago

Build environment

Description I am trying to install Moddable SDK on Mac following the get started guide from the master. However, when I used the make command, I had an error to build a simulator::

cd ${MODDABLE}/build/makefiles/mac
make

logs:

...
make -f simulator.mk
# simulator debug : cc main.m
# simulator debug : cc simulator
make[1]: *** [/Users/fernando/moddable/build/bin/mac/debug/Screen Test.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/main.nib]   Error 255
make: *** [debug] Error 2

If I edit the file "${MODDABLE}/build/makefiles/mac/simulator.mk" and change line 67 in order to remove the main.nib entry, then I am able to proceed with the build process. But, it does not work properly. 

simulator.mk Line 67
build: $(TMP_DIR) $(APP_DIR) $(APP_DIR)/main $(RES_DIR)/English.lproj/main.nib
changed
build: $(TMP_DIR) $(APP_DIR) $(APP_DIR)/main

From this "adapted version," I Could not get logs on xsBug when running on MAC platform, but it works on ESP32. I believe that situation is related to the version of MacOS because I already had success in building Moddable SDK on the previous SO version.

Other information I built a new version for Linux (in another laptop with Fedora 29), and it works fine.

phoddie commented 2 years ago

Using a clean pull of the Moddable SDK from GitHub, I'm not able to reproduce this error. The failure seems to be because a resource file cannot be found. Let's check what you have. Use "Show Package Contents" in Finder to inspect the contents of $MODDABLE/build/bin/ma/debug/Screen Test.app. This image shows what I see. Is something different for your build?

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fernandotetu commented 2 years ago

Hi @phoddie , thank you for your assistance.

In fact, this file (English.lproj/main.nib) does not exist on my machine. Also, I can't find it in the repository. So, is it generated during the build process?

I put an empty file inside this repository and tried again. The making process progressed. However, it finished with an error (the same error).

I think this issue has started after I installed the pico SDK because it required a new version of the Xcode command-line tool, but I am sure about it. Maybe the CMake can change the C compiler or any configuration. I suppose it is because I get some deprecated warning on the build process, for example:

...
# cc pcWorker.c.o
/Users/fernando/moddable/modules/piu/PC/mac/piuDialogs.m:116:15: warning:   'setAllowedFileTypes:' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 12.0 - Use  -allowedContentTypes instead [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
                    [openPanel setAllowedFileTypes: [NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:string]]];
                               ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Headers/NSSavePanel.h:215:49: note: property 'allowedFileTypes' is declared deprecated here
@property (nullable, copy) NSArray<NSString *> *allowedFileTypes API_DEPRECATED("Use -allowedContentTypes instead", macos(10.3,12.0));
                                            ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Headers   /NSSavePanel.h:215:49: note: 'setAllowedFileTypes:' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
1 warning generated.
/Users/fernando/moddable/modules/piu/PC/Screen/mac/piuScreen.m:659:75: warning: 'kUTTypePNG' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 12.0 - Use UTTypePNG instead. [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
CGImageDestinationRef destination = CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL(url, kUTTypePNG, 1, NULL);
                                                                             ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks  /LaunchServices.framework/Headers/UTCoreTypes.h:729:26: note: 'kUTTypePNG' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
extern const CFStringRef kUTTypePNG                                  API_DEPRECATED("Use UTTypePNG instead.", ios(3.0, 15.0), macos(10.4, 12.0), tvos(9.0, 15.0), watchos(1.0, 8.0));
                     ^
1 warning generated.
...

If you need more detail or information, please let me know. Once again, thank you very much.

phoddie commented 2 years ago

In fact, this file does not exist on my machine

By "this file", I understand that you mean $MODDABLE/build/bin/ma/debug/Screen Test.app.

The warnings from building pcWorker.c are expected. They are distracting and should be cleaned up, but they aren't causing the build failure.

Perhaps you had a build get interrupted and that left the build results in a bad state? Just to be sure, you could try a clean build Just manually delete $MODDABLE/build/bin/mac and $MODDABLE/build/tmp/mac and then rebuild as you did above.

fernandotetu commented 2 years ago

Hi, I can fix it!!!

By "this file, I understand that you mean $MODDABLE/build/bin/ma/debug/Screen Test.app.

I'm sorry for not be clear, I don't find the resource (English.lproj/main.nib).

Regarding building, In my tests, I always remove Moddable's folder and clone a new instance of the repository.

How to fix

After these steps, I could build the solutions as expected. Thank you so much for your help and assistance

phoddie commented 2 years ago

Congratulations on getting your build working. It is still a mystery why it failed.

FWIW – macOS caches preferences in memory, so manually deleting the preference files doesn't always work as expected. The most reliable way we've found to remove preferences is using the defaults command. For example this resets the xsbug preferences (it does not delete the preference file, but empties the contents):

defaults delete tech.moddable.xsbug