runtimeverification / runtimeverification/kontrol
Document or fix `m4` installation on Mac
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- Dominant language
- Python
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- 122
- Forks
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Description
On Macs, a fresh installation of kontrol build keeps throwing the following error promting to install XCode command line tools, even if m4 is installed and can be located with which m4.
What helped me and some workshop participants fix this issue is
- installing XCode application from App Store
sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developerxcodebuild -runFirstLaunch
(last two commands are taken from https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/569)
We should either avoid this issue, if possible, or document the workaround for it.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure through the kontrol build entry point on a fresh Mac installation, checking the reported m4 detection and the listed Xcode commands. Done means either the installation no longer shows the misleading prompt or the required workaround is documented for users.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, python
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100