Looks like Intel builds missing from Emacs-30.0.92-pretest

[shipmints]

I see only arm64 builds here https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases/tag/Emacs-30.0.92-pretest

Perhaps something broke?

[jimeh]

@shipmints indeed, apologies for this happening again. I fired off a build around 7am this morning, arm build completed in less than an hour, but the intel build failed after 4-5 hours. Around 3pm the homebrew repo would have updated itself, and found the new protest release, which only has Intel builds. I restarted the Intel build a while ago, but it's still running: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/actions/runs/11625754054/job/32394212318

Though I don't have high hopes right now, as the nightly builds have been failing for a few days the same way while installing build deps via homebrew. I should have some time this weekend to try and solve it.

It does look like I'll either need to get build deps via nix instead of homebrew working, or drop macOS 12.x support, as homebrew no longer supports it. That's why Intel builds have been taking +4 hours the past month or so, and most likely the reason for these failures.

I will give the nix approach a try first, as homebrew has been a constant source of headaches for years with this, and also cause I much prefer keeping supported macOS versions as wide as possible.

[jimeh]

For now though, if this second build attempt fails, I'll revert the latest pretest change in the homebrew tap, and trash the release for now, so the emacs-app-pretest cask actually works again, even if it's an outdated pretest build for a while longer.

[shipmints]

Thanks for looking after this. FWIW, I still use macOS 12.x on all my Macs because it's the most stable OS I have available (and at least one of my macs can't be upgraded--thanks, Apple). If I get an M4 box in the next few months, I'll have to suck it up and deal with a new crop of bugs. So not looking forward to that.

[jimeh]

I've reverted the emacs-app-pretest cask for now. Tonight's nightly build is affected by the same issue as well, so I've done the same revert for the emacs-app-nightly and emacs-app-monthly casks too.

[jimeh]

@shipmints So seem to have Nix-based builds working, have a few test builds running atm, by looking positive. I'll bug you with a test build later for you to try if you don't mind :)

However, it looks like I will need to drop macOS 12.x support in less than a month regardless :(

GitHub Actions had deprecated the macos-12 runner image on October 17th, and they will be completely removing it on December 3rd. More details here: actions/runner-images#10721

[jimeh]

@shipmints would you mind testing if the x86_64-dmg build artifact of this build works on for you?

https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/actions/runs/11647762203

[shipmints]

I'll test that build this morning.

The github support message is unclear to me. It says "Deprecation will begin on 10/7/24 and the image will be fully unsupported by 12/3/24" When they write "unsupported" to they mean deleted forever? I'd think they'd leave it to aid back-version testing, security analysis tools, etc.

[shipmints]

I get a 404 on the link https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases/tag/untagged-0ef7854b97a468a4976f

[jimeh]

Weird, that build log link shouldn't take you to any draft releases. Try this link directly to the build log artifact instead please: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/actions/runs/11647762203/artifacts/2137257947

As for older macOS versions, I do have some good news. Nix actually comes with quite old macOS SDKs by default, meaning that it looks like Intel builds might work on macOS 10.12.x and later, and ARM builds on macOS 11.x and later. I'm about to test a ARM build created on macOS 15 in a macOS 12 VM to see if it works.

Then there's some last bits around the build script and build workflows here to iron out, but hopefully I can get Nix-backed builds live in the next couple of days :)

[shipmints]

Thank you for following up. I'm getting a complaint that the developer can't be verified. Perhaps signing is broken in the revised workflow?

[jimeh]

Hmm, that's weird, can you try running spctl -vvv --assess --type exec <path/to/Emacs.app> and see what you get?

I get the below both on macOS 15 and in a my fresh macOS 12 VM.

spctl -vvv --assess --type exec /Volumes/Emacs.2024-11-02.d245fb3.master.macOS-12.x86_64.test.use-nix-3/Emacs.app
/Volumes/Emacs.2024-11-02.d245fb3.master.macOS-12.x86_64.test.use-nix-3/Emacs.app: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: Jim Myhrberg (5HX66GF82Z)

In happier news, I have managed use a macOS 12 VM on ARM, to test the above mentioned x86_64 build via Rosetta, and also a native ARM build. Both seem to be working fine, so regardless of GitHub deprecating the macos-12 runner image, Nix should let us support older versions of macOS for quite a while longer :)

[shipmints]

spctl reports accepted for the "app" but I can't run Content/MacOS/Emacs directly. The other builds work fine, of course. Curious.

$ spctl -vvv --assess --type exec /Volumes/Emacs.2024-11-02.d245fb3.master.macOS-12.x86_64.test.use-nix-3/Emacs.app
/Volumes/Emacs.2024-11-02.d245fb3.master.macOS-12.x86_64.test.use-nix-3/Emacs.app: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: Jim Myhrberg (5HX66GF82Z)

[jimeh]

That is weird, I've tested launching Contents/MacOS/Emacs from terminal too, and it seems happy to verify things just fine on my macOS 15 and macOS 12 VM. They are ARM-based though.

In the meantime, a new build is ready that's not directly meant to address signing issues, but it does change up the Nix env setup a bit, so might make some difference.

Build log is here: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/actions/runs/11653031986

Direct download link to the x86_64-dmg artifact: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/actions/runs/11653031986/artifacts/2138245219

You should get a zip file containing Emacs.2024-11-03.b3c82f9.master.macOS-10-12.x86_64.test.use-nix-6.dmg.

[shipmints]

I just downloaded -6 and macos 12.7.6 still complains about veracity despite spctl reporting all clear. Perhaps I need a reboot (only half joking--Apple does have bugs,gasp). I'll try again later today after I can suffer a reboot.

[jimeh]

Thanks. I'll see if I can give it a test later today on my wife's Intel-based mac. I don't remember what macOS version it's running, but I know it's old... lol