Make install on macOS reports error "symbols referenced by indirect symbol table entries that can't be stripped"

[brunorijsman]

Make install on macOS reports error "symbols referenced by indirect symbol table entries that can't be stripped"

Clixon version:
Branch: master
Commit hash: 9da4939
Clone date: 13-Aug-2024

MacOS version: Ventura 13.3.1

Reproduce steps:

git clone https://github.com/clicon/clixon.git
cd clixon
./configure
make
sudo make install

Note: you need the work-around described in issue 540 for the make step to work.

Error message in the make install step:

install -m 0644 -s libclixon_restconf.so.7.1 /usr/local/lib
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/strip: error: symbols referenced by indirect symbol table entries that can't be stripped in: /usr/local/lib/libclixon_restconf.so.7.1
___assert_rtn
___error
___maskrune
___stack_chk_fail
___toupper
_api_path2xpath
_api_return_err
[... many more symbols ...]
_ys_spec
__DefaultRuneLocale
___stack_chk_guard
dyld_stub_binder
install: child process failed: xcrun strip - /usr/local/lib/libclixon_restconf.so.7.1
make[2]: *** [install-lib] Error 70
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 1

Version of xrun:

$ xcrun --version
xcrun version 59.

Workaround:

INSTALLFLAGS="" ./configure
make
sudo make install

[brunorijsman]

Closing as evidently macos is no longer supported (see comment on issue #540)

[krihal]

diff --git a/apps/restconf/Makefile.in b/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
index 728ca18bb..2ca267ab8 100644
--- a/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ top_srcdir   = @top_srcdir@
 CC             = @CC@
 CFLAGS         = @CFLAGS@
 LINKAGE         = @LINKAGE@
-
-ifeq ($(HOST_VENDOR),apple)
-INSTALLFLAGS =
-else
-INSTALLFLAGS = @INSTALLFLAGS@
-endif
-
 LDFLAGS        = @LDFLAGS@

 prefix                 = @prefix@
@@ -71,6 +64,13 @@ LIBSTATIC_SUFFIX = @LIBSTATIC_SUFFIX@
 CLIXON_MAJOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR@
 CLIXON_MINOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR@

+# Don't strip if running MacOS
+ifeq ($(HOST_VENDOR),apple)
+       INSTALLFLAGS =
+else
+       INSTALLFLAGS = -s
+endif
+
 # Use this clixon lib for linking
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
        CLIXON_LIB      = libclixon$(SH_SUFFIX).$(CLIXON_MAJOR).$(CLIXON_MINOR)

[olofhagsand]

@brunorijsman please verify and close if fixed

[brunorijsman]

Verified; fix works.