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Lean fails to build with a globally installed mimalloc on MacOS

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Description

Prerequisites
Description

Try to build Lean on a macos machine where mimalloc has been installed.

Steps to Reproduce
  1. run brew install mimalloc
  2. git clone the lean repo
  3. run cmake -- preset release
  4. 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

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