podman-desktop: no podman-mac-helper
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0.kind: bug
6.topic: darwin
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Description
Nixpkgs version
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Describe the bug
The binary for podman-mac-helper cannot be found and without it things like podman compatibility does not work
Steps to reproduce
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Expected behaviour
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Research direction
Start by locating the nixpkgs package definition for podman-desktop and checking whether its installed contents include podman-mac-helper. Done means the binary is provided and Podman compatibility works on macOS; reproduce the report with a concrete version and system metadata.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100