Provide macOS arm64 or universal build of capa binary
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Description
Right now the build only provides an x86 capa binary. Is it possible to actually create an arm64 build of it? I know there are several blockers:
1. The GitHub hosted runners only have x86 macs. Not sure how convenient to "cross-compile" one
2. Does PyInstaller support arm64 macOS at all?
In the best case we should provide a universal build of capa that comes with both x86 and arm64 support in one executable (the standard approach these days), but that is not as useful as having an arm64 native build.
Related to https://github.com/mandiant/capa/issues/683
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing capa binary build configuration and checking PyInstaller's macOS arm64 support. Compare the available GitHub-hosted runner options and determine whether an arm64 or universal artifact can be produced. Done means a working macOS arm64 or universal capa binary is published.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100