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28 Dec 2025
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyso there's all sorts of potential differences wrt feature resolution etc.00:13:28
@flokli:matrix.orgflokliyeah, agreed00:13:35
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyby default I'd assume it's a bug in our janky reimplementation of half of Cargo :)00:13:56
@flokli:matrix.orgfloklihuuurgh: https://github.com/aws/aws-lc-rs/blob/e0aa4187a8e00e2ec69dc4efb8a10a824863f586/aws-lc-sys/builder/main.rs#L492-L50700:15:07
@flokli:matrix.orgfloklihttps://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/47467500:23:12
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeNext in my Swift work is a detour to make XCTest and Swift Testing work on Darwin, then I want to work on the stdlib. I’m probably done for tonight though.00:50:09
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@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkawhere does one define common CFLAGS / CPPFLAGS for darwin?23:17:43
@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshka* where does one define common CFLAGS / CPPFLAGS for darwin? (for all nixpkgs)23:18:00
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeUsually in the wrapper. What flags?23:21:52
@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkathe ones for SET_FDSIZE increase23:52:09
@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkais it the wrapper postFixup?23:54:47
29 Dec 2025
@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkais it something like this? https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/47491400:01:45
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeThat looks reasonable.00:28:13
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilycan you explain "except the need to pass POSIX certification"?00:38:13
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy Eckenrode POSIX requires that select return EINVAL when nfds is larger than SET_FDSIZE. 00:39:37
@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkathere's some more info in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/4953 but basically "POSIX requires EINVAL if nfds >= FD_SETSIZE"00:39:45
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeWhich is 1024 AFAIK for historical reasons.00:40:02
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeDarwin has a way to allow bigger sizes, but you have to opt into it.00:40:53
@emilazy:matrix.orgemily I'm not a fan of setting global compiler flags that diverge from the platform defaults and that can result in programs having hidden security vulnerabilities when compiled with standard flags. _DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT especially is a kind of crazy hack 00:41:10
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyprograms that need/can handle such a definition should set the flags themselves in their own build systems00:41:28

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