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OpenWrt build status on macos

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Description

Currently there are many packages with compilation issues on macos.

From Openwrt base (11 packages):

libs/elfutils,
libs/libaudit,libs/libaudit,libs/libsemanage,libs/libselinux,utils/secilc,utils/checkpolicy,libs/libsemanage,utils/policycoreutils,system/selinux-policy,system/refpolicy

(elfutils and a lot of selinux-related stuff)

From "packages" feed: 99 packages
From "telephony" feed: 11 packages
From "routing" feed: 2 packages

Most difficult to fix:
glib2,
packages related to selinux,
boost (many packages depend on boost),
python-cffi,
packages that use host kernel headers for building host tools (e.g. xfsprogs),
packages that use suid bit(FILE_MODES feature): apache, gnunet, mariadb (fixed by https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/53ebacacf93278c6e71052eb5b3708c599129e55 https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/1d4750fd50eeadad640fb62e1b11bf4cdde39dd1 https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/3869ccbcc891a7185550a2a422e2db01fd994b7d)

If someone knows how to fix packages from 'most difficult' list, any help is welcome.

packages with build issues on macos: err.log

CC: @aparcar @neheb @paper42 @ptpt52 @httpstorm

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing err.log and the listed package groups to identify one reproducible macOS compilation failure. Focus on a single package rather than the full inventory, and compare its build behavior with the stated OpenWrt base or feed context. Done would require a confirmed fix for that package and a successful macOS build.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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