Lean fails to build with a globally installed mimalloc on MacOS
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Description
Try to build Lean on a macos machine where mimalloc has been installed.
Steps to Reproduce
- run
brew install mimalloc - git clone the lean repo
- run
cmake -- preset release - run make in
build/release
Expected behavior: lean builds
Actual behavior: the build errors out when trying to build mimalloc with undefined symbol error
Versions
Lean: git hash a3645951
MacOS 26.4 (25E5207k)
Additional Information
The issue I think is that make passes -I /opt/homebrew/include to the c compiler (it compiles if I remove it by hand from the compiler invocation)
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure in the Lean repository using brew install mimalloc, cmake --preset release, and make in build/release. Inspect the generated compiler invocation and the release CMake configuration, especially how /opt/homebrew/include reaches the mimalloc build; done means Lean builds successfully on macOS with a globally installed mimalloc.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, macos
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100