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@yamt yamt commented Dec 24, 2022 •
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See the commit messages for relevant errors.

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GHA: use ubuntu-20.04 runner
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Recently github switched ubuntu-latest to ubuntu 22.04.
https://github.blog/changelog/2022-11-09-github-actions-ubuntu-latest-workflows-will-use-ubuntu-22-04/

as a consequence, wasi-sdk-17.0 binary doesn't work on ubuntu 20.04:

```
5d4353ee0338# ./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang
./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by ./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang)
./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by ./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang)
./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.33' not found (required by ./.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang)
5d4353ee0338#
```

This commit switches it back to ubuntu 20.04 for now.
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GHA: use macos-11 runner
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According to the following github document,
macos-latest is either macos-11 or macos-12 at this point.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#supported-runners-and-hardware-resources

It's better for us to use a consistent version to build.

This might explain the following error i've seen with wasi-sdk-17.0
release binary on macos-11.0:

```
    Run Build Command(s):/usr/bin/make -f Makefile cmTC_254ef/fast && /Applications/Xcode_13.2.1.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make  -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_254ef.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_254ef.dir/build
    Building C object CMakeFiles/cmTC_254ef.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj
    /Users/runner/work/toywasm/toywasm/.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang    -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_254ef.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj -c /Users/runner/work/toywasm/toywasm/build.wasm/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-aWXHXM/testCCompiler.c
    dyld: Symbol not found: __ZTTNSt3__114basic_ifstreamIcNS_11char_traitsIcEEEE
      Referenced from: /Users/runner/work/toywasm/toywasm/.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang (which was built for Mac OS X 12.0)
      Expected in: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
     in /Users/runner/work/toywasm/toywasm/.wasi-sdk-17.0/bin/clang
    make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_254ef.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj] Abort trap: 6
    make: *** [cmTC_254ef/fast] Error 2
```
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TerrorJack commented Jan 6, 2023

For linux: to maximize compatability with older glibc versions, we already have a docker build job that performs the build in an ubuntu bionic container, that artifact should be used when the glibc version error pops up.

For macos: I recommend sticking to macos-latest and explicitly adding -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0 to the Makefile when building LLVM. This ensures we can benefit from future system/toolchain updates while retaining some degree of compatability with older versions of macos.

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yamt commented Jan 10, 2023

For linux: to maximize compatability with older glibc versions, we already have a docker build job that performs the build in an ubuntu bionic container, that artifact should be used when the glibc version error pops up.

will it be a part of assets for the next release?
i'm not entirely sure about the release process.

For macos: I recommend sticking to macos-latest and explicitly adding -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0 to the Makefile when building LLVM. This ensures we can benefit from future system/toolchain updates while retaining some degree of compatability with older versions of macos.

while it's reasonable to specify the target version, i feel it's simpler to use a fixed version on the ci.

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yamt commented Jan 10, 2023

For linux: to maximize compatability with older glibc versions, we already have a docker build job that performs the build in an ubuntu bionic container, that artifact should be used when the glibc version error pops up.

will it be a part of assets for the next release? i'm not entirely sure about the release process.

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TerrorJack commented Jan 10, 2023

while it's reasonable to specify the target version, i feel it's simpler to use a fixed version on the ci.

-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0 is literally just one line of change, and it doesn't impact other platforms. Staying with macos-latest allows us to benefit from host toolchain updates.

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yamt commented Jan 10, 2023

Staying with macos-latest allows us to benefit from host toolchain updates.

only when github happens to choose 12.
if you want to use the latest, it's better to use macos-12 than macos-latest.

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TerrorJack commented Jan 10, 2023

if you want to use the latest, it's better to use macos-12 than macos-latest.

macos-latest will default to macos-12 per actions/runner-images#6384. The point is not pinning to a fixed version, but latest will be future proof and do not require manual intervention for future updates.

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yamt commented Jan 10, 2023

if you want to use the latest, it's better to use macos-12 than macos-latest.

macos-latest will default to macos-12 per actions/runner-images#6384. The point is not pinning to a fixed version, but latest will be future proof and do not require manual intervention for future updates.

ok. i understand your point. i don't agree it's a good idea though.

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sbc100 commented Jan 10, 2023 •
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I think the -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0 solution make sense. The purpose of that option is to produce backwards compatible binaries which is exactly what we are wanting to do here.

I don't feel strongly about (also) pinning the version of macos used to do the build, but I don't think we should conflate that with the version we are targeting (that is what MAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is for).

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yamt commented Jan 24, 2023

while i still think it's better to use fixed versions of runners, i'm not too unhappy with the current solutions. (CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET and docker)
let's close this.

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yamt added a commit to yamt/wasi-sdk that referenced this pull request Mar 15, 2023
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download-workflow-artifacts.sh: skip dist-ubuntu-latest
ae68e33 
Exclude dist-ubuntu-latest to prefer dist-ubuntu-bionic, which is
compatible with wider distributions.
cf.
WebAssembly#273 (comment)
WebAssembly#303
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download-workflow-artifacts.sh: skip dist-ubuntu-latest (#307)
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Exclude dist-ubuntu-latest to prefer dist-ubuntu-bionic, which is
compatible with wider distributions.
cf.
#273 (comment)
#303
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