Build failed on MacOS Big Sur

[douglarek]

$ ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --with-tlib=ncurses --enable-cscope --enable-terminal --with-compiledby=Steps --enable-python3interp --enable-luainterp --with-lua-prefix=/usr/local/ --enable-fail-if-missing --prefix=/usr/local --with-macarchs=x86_64 --disable-sparkle

make error:

error: The linked and embedded framework 'Sparkle.framework' is missing one or more architectures required by this target: arm64. (in target 'MacVim' from project 'MacVim')

OS:

MacOS Big Sur 11.0.1 Release
Xcode 12.2 release
Python 3.8.1

[limintang]

Hit the same issue, figured out an informal solution:

Open src/MacVim/MacVim.xcodeproj with Xcode, in Build Settings -> Architectures -> Excluded Architectures -> MacVim, add arm64.

[douglarek]

@limintang thanks, I am not familiar with MacOS development, would you like to share the source diff ?

[limintang]

@douglarek While you could modify MacVim.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj in a text editor, modify MacVim.xcodeproj in Xcode is more straightforward:

[douglarek]

@limintang thanks, I have got this diff:

diff --git a/src/MacVim/MacVim.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/MacVim/MacVim.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 729c23009..9b66f5335 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/MacVim.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/MacVim/MacVim.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
        archiveVersion = 1;
        classes = {
        };
-       objectVersion = 47;
+       objectVersion = 54;
        objects = {

 /* Begin PBXBuildFile section */
@@ -1169,6 +1169,7 @@
                        buildSettings = {
                                COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
                                COPY_PHASE_STRIP = NO;
+                               EXCLUDED_ARCHS = arm64;
                                FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
                                        "$(inherited)",
                                        "$(FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS_QUOTED_FOR_TARGET_1)",
@@ -1202,6 +1203,7 @@
                        buildSettings = {
                                COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
                                COPY_PHASE_STRIP = YES;
+                               EXCLUDED_ARCHS = arm64;
                                FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
                                        "$(inherited)",
                                        "$(FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS_QUOTED_FOR_TARGET_1)",
@@ -1233,6 +1235,7 @@
                        buildSettings = {
                                CLANG_ANALYZER_LOCALIZABILITY_NONLOCALIZED = YES;
                                ENABLE_TESTABILITY = YES;
+                               EXCLUDED_ARCHS = arm64;
                                GCC_VERSION = 4.2;
                                GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE = YES;
                                GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;
@@ -1246,6 +1249,7 @@
                        isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
                        buildSettings = {
                                CLANG_ANALYZER_LOCALIZABILITY_NONLOCALIZED = YES;
+                               EXCLUDED_ARCHS = arm64;
                                GCC_VERSION = 4.2;
                                GCC_WARN_ABOUT_RETURN_TYPE = YES;
                                GCC_WARN_UNUSED_VARIABLE = YES;

[ychin]

I think this is fixed by #1118 so ARM builds will work now so you don't need to manually exclude architecture.

[ychin]

That said, if you are building locally and want to build faster or have a leaner version of the app it's probably still desirable to exclude ARM though.