GNU bug report logs - #57015
29.0.50; macOS: libgccjit was not found: Homebrew libgccjit 12.1.0

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Naofumi Yasufuku <naofumi <at> yasufuku.dev>

Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2022 11:40:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 57023, 57028, 57029

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 57015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, naofumi <at> yasufuku.dev
Subject: bug#57015: 29.0.50; macOS: libgccjit was not found: Homebrew libgccjit 12.1.0
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 13:24:25 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 04:57:57 -0500
> Cc: 57015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > Is it really a problem to use only libgccjit 12.0 and older for the
> > release branch?
> 
> I'm afraid that it's a serious problem.
> 
> Homebrew has an eager upgrade policy akin to a rolling release
> distribution.  AFAIU, every macOS user running Homebrew will be unable
> to build Emacs after having run "brew upgrade", which many users do
> routinely.

I'm sorry, but either someone will have to come up with a _very_ safe
fix, or users of macOS will need to delay upgrading or live with Emacs
27 (or patch their sources manually on their own risk).
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