Building Error on MacOS

[jcguu95]

Describe the bug

I'm on sbcl 2.4.2, macbook M2, and am trying to build nyxt using make all. And I got the following error.

; compiling file "/Users/jin/.+PLUGS/tilde-local/stow/common-lisp/.qlot-main/.qlot/local-projects/nyxt/_build/slime/swank/backend.lisp" (written 07 MAR 2024 10:41:25 PM):

; file: /Users/jin/.+PLUGS/tilde-local/stow/common-lisp/.qlot-main/.qlot/local-projects/nyxt/_build/slime/swank/backend.lisp
; in: DEFUN %UTF8-ENCODE
;     (SWANK/BACKEND::%UTF8-ENCODE (CODE-CHAR 65533) SWANK/BACKEND::BUFFER
;      SWANK/BACKEND::START SWANK/BACKEND::END)
; 
; note: deleting unreachable code
; 
; caught WARNING:
;   Constant
;     #\REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER conflicts with its asserted type
;     (UNSIGNED-BYTE 31).
;   See also:
;     The SBCL Manual, Node "Handling of Types"

; wrote /Users/jin/.cache/common-lisp/sbcl-2.4.2-macosx-arm64/Users/jin/.+PLUGS/tilde-local/stow/common-lisp/.qlot-main/.qlot/local-projects/nyxt/_build/slime/swank/backend-tmpAAURSO1.fasl
; compilation finished in 0:00:00.159
SLYNK's ASDF loader finished.
debugger invoked on a UIOP/LISP-BUILD:COMPILE-FILE-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD tid=259 "main thread" RUNNING {7005D20603}>:
  COMPILE-FILE-ERROR while
  compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "swank" "backend" "backend">

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [RETRY                        ] Retry
                                     compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "swank" "backend" "backend">.
  1: [ACCEPT                       ] Continue, treating
                                     compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "swank" "backend" "backend">
                                     as having been successful.
  2:                                 Retry ASDF operation.
  3: [CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY] Retry ASDF operation after resetting the
                                     configuration.
  4:                                 Retry ASDF operation.
  5:                                 Retry ASDF operation after resetting the
                                     configuration.
  6: [CONTINUE                     ] Ignore runtime option --eval #<(SIMPLE-ARRAY
                                                                     CHARACTER
                                                                     (1161)) (ros:run '((:eval"(ros:quicklisp)")(:eval "(require \"asdf\")")(:eval "(when (string= \"true\" \"true\") (setf asdf:*default-source-registries* (list (quote asdf/source-registry:environment-source-reg... {7005D1004F}>.
  7: [ABORT                        ] Skip rest of --eval and --load options.
  8:                                 Skip to toplevel READ/EVAL/PRINT loop.
  9: [EXIT                         ] Exit SBCL (calling #'EXIT, killing the process).

(UIOP/LISP-BUILD:CHECK-LISP-COMPILE-RESULTS NIL T T "~/asdf-action::format-action/" ((#<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:COMPILE-OP > . #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE "swank" "backend" "backend">)))
   source: (ERROR 'COMPILE-FILE-ERROR :CONTEXT-FORMAT CONTEXT-FORMAT
                  :CONTEXT-ARGUMENTS CONTEXT-ARGUMENTS)
0] 

Precise recipe to reproduce the issue

cd local-projects
git clone https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt
cd nyxt
# get into vim and change LISP to `ros run`, which is may way of calling sbcl 2.4.2
make all

Information

• OS name+version: macOS Monterey 12.5
• How you installed Nyxt: Build from source

[aadcg]

Duplicate of #3352, closing in its favour. Note that it compiles without issues with version 2.4.1.

@jcguu95 is this the first time you're compiling it for macOS? Note that macOS support is WIP (#2989).

[jcguu95]

I got another error message with sbcl/2.4.1 and sbcl/2.2.7.

By the way, anyway to make the error message clearer? I don't see why it fails.

Also, macOS support is WIP? There was a newsletter saying that a binary is ready..?

; compiling file "NYXT:SOURCE;CONFIGURATION.LISP.NEWEST" (written 07 MAR 2024 10:37:25 PM):

; file: NYXT:SOURCE;CONFIGURATION.LISP.NEWEST
; in: DEFUN SET-AS-DEFAULT-BROWSER
;     (DECLARE (IGNORE NYXT:NAME NYXT::TARGETS))
; 
; caught ERROR:
;   There is no function named DECLARE.  References to DECLARE in some contexts
;   (like starts of blocks) are unevaluated expressions, but here the expression is
;   being evaluated, which invokes undefined behaviour.

;     (NYXT:NAME "nyxt")
; 
; caught STYLE-WARNING:
;   The variable NAME is defined but never used.

;     (NYXT::TARGETS
;      (LIST (UIOP/CONFIGURATION:XDG-CONFIG-HOME "mimeapps.list")
;            (UIOP/CONFIGURATION:XDG-DATA-HOME "applications/mimeapps.list")))
; 
; caught STYLE-WARNING:
;   The variable TARGETS is defined but never used.

; wrote /Users/jin/.cache/common-lisp/sbcl-2.4.1-macosx-arm64/Users/jin/.+PLUGS/tilde-local/stow/common-lisp/.qlot-main/.qlot/local-projects/nyxt/source/configuration-tmpAAURSO1.fasl
; compilation finished in 0:00:00.095
SLYNK's ASDF loader finished.
debugger invoked on a UIOP/LISP-BUILD:COMPILE-FILE-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {7005FA03A3}>:
  COMPILE-FILE-ERROR while
  compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "nyxt" "Core" "configuration">

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [RETRY                        ] Retry
                                     compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "nyxt" "Core" "configuration">.
  1: [ACCEPT                       ] Continue, treating
                                     compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "nyxt" "Core" "configuration">
                                     as having been successful.
  2:                                 Retry ASDF operation.
  3: [CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY] Retry ASDF operation after resetting the
                                     configuration.
  4:                                 Retry ASDF operation.
  5:                                 Retry ASDF operation after resetting the
                                     configuration.
  6: [CONTINUE                     ] Ignore runtime option --eval #<(SIMPLE-ARRAY
                                                                     CHARACTER
                                                                     (1161)) (ros:run '((:eval"(ros:quicklisp)")(:eval "(require \"asdf\")")(:eval "(when (string= \"true\" \"true\") (setf asdf:*default-source-registries* (list (quote asdf/source-registry:environment-source-reg... {7005F9004F}>.
  7: [ABORT                        ] Skip rest of --eval and --load options.
  8:                                 Skip to toplevel READ/EVAL/PRINT loop.
  9: [EXIT                         ] Exit SBCL (calling #'EXIT, killing the process).

(UIOP/LISP-BUILD:CHECK-LISP-COMPILE-RESULTS NIL T T "~/asdf-action::format-action/" ((#<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:COMPILE-OP > . #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE "nyxt" "Core" "configuration">)))
   source: (ERROR 'COMPILE-FILE-ERROR :CONTEXT-FORMAT CONTEXT-FORMAT
                  :CONTEXT-ARGUMENTS CONTEXT-ARGUMENTS)
0] 

[aadcg]

Also, macOS support is WIP? There was a newsletter saying that a binary is ready..?

Can you please provide a reference? Nyxt did at some point run on macOS, but that was some years ago.

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With regards to compiling Nyxt on macOS, note that Nyxt doesn't officially support it yet so it comes as no surprise that compilation errors are raised. Supporting macOS is a top priority at the moment, please hang tight.

[jcguu95]

1. Get Hyped: Nyxt 4.0 macOS + Windows
2. Awesome! Thank you.