neovim 0.8.0: fails to install on macOS 13.0 arm64

[assholehoff (Anton Dahlén)]

Port seems to build just fine, but fails to install after reaching generating help tags with :info:build dyld[50164]: symbol not found in flat namespace '_luaL_checkversion_' in the log. The compiled binary found in .../work/build/bin fails to load with a similar error message.

[benoitc (Benoit Chesneau)]

same issue there.

[hexane360 (Colin Gilgenbach)]

I believe the problem is with how MacPorts is installing luarocks, as per: ​https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/issues/1209

Modifying the luarocks portgroup to specify --lua-dir and --lua-version seems to fix the issue for me:

--- macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/luarocks-1.0.tcl	2022-01-25 15:12:18
+++ macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/_resources/port1.0/group/luarocks-1.0.tcl	2022-10-27 17:00:11
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 proc luarocks.setup {module vers {type "src.rock"} {docs {}} {source "custom"} {implementation "luarocks"}} {
     global name subport luarocks.branches luarocks.default_branch luarocks.dependencies
     global destroot prefix distpath distname worksrcpath os.platform
-    global configure.cc configure.cflags configure.ldflags
+    global configure.cc configure.cflags configure.ldflags macosx_deployment_target
     global luarocks.bin luarocks.branch
     global luarocks.suffix luarocks.bindir luarocks.rocksdir
     global luarocks.module luarocks.filename luarocks.distname luarocks.project luarocks.docs
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
     destroot.env-append     CC="${configure.cc}"
     destroot.env-append     "CFLAGS=${configure.cflags} [get_canonical_archflags cc]"
     destroot.env-append     "LDFLAGS=${configure.ldflags} [get_canonical_archflags ld]"
+    destroot.env-append     MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${macosx_deployment_target}
 
     # https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/wiki/Types-of-rocks
     switch -glob ${type} {
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@
             build {}
 
             destroot.cmd       ${luarocks.bin}
-            destroot.pre_args  --tree ${destroot}${prefix}
+            destroot.pre_args  --lua-dir=${prefix} --lua-version=${luarocks.branch} --tree ${destroot}${prefix}
             destroot.args      make --deps-mode none
             destroot.post_args ${distpath}/${luarocks.distname}.rockspec
 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@
             build {}
 
             destroot.cmd       ${luarocks.bin}
-            destroot.pre_args  --tree ${destroot}${prefix}
+            destroot.pre_args  --lua-dir=${prefix} --lua-version=${luarocks.branch} --tree ${destroot}${prefix}
             destroot.args      build --deps-mode none
             destroot.post_args ${worksrcpath}/${luarocks.distname}.src.rock
 
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@
             build {}
 
             destroot.cmd       ${luarocks.bin}
-            destroot.pre_args  --tree ${destroot}${prefix}
+            destroot.pre_args  --lua-dir=${prefix} --lua-version=${luarocks.branch} --tree ${destroot}${prefix}
             destroot.args      build --deps-mode none
             destroot.post_args ${worksrcpath}/${luarocks.distname}.all.rock

I'm too busy to make a PR right now, but hopefully this works for other people.

[elventear (Pepe Barbe)]

I have the same error on x86_64 on macOS 13.0. I tried applying the Portgroup suggestion for luarocks, but that did not seem to help with the problem.

[assholehoff (Anton Dahlén)]

Replying to elventear:

I have the same error on x86_64 on macOS 13.0. I tried applying the Portgroup suggestion for luarocks, but that did not seem to help with the problem.

Just to double check; you are getting the same error even after:

1. uninstalling (or deactivating) lua and luarocks
2. cleaning any failed build
3. applying the patch
4. rebuilding lua and luarocks

My x86-64 laptop is from 2014 so I can't run anything newer than 11 on it, but it worked for me there.

[elventear (Pepe Barbe)]

Replying to assholehoff:

It was not clear that I had to uninstall other lua packages, so I decided to try and did not work. These are the steps that I followed:

1. port uninstall lua* (breaking some packages).
2. port reclaim.
3. apply patch.
4. fix broken packages, which installs lua and lua52 back.
5. port install neovim.

And it failed the same for me.

I was able to install successfully with the following steps:

1. selfupdate (i.e. no patch)
2. port uninstall lua* (breaking some packages)
3. port reclaim
4. port install neovim
5. fix broken packages.

Digging a bit deeper about the missing symbol, I think luaL_checkversion was added to Lua in version 5.2, and neovim uses Lua 5.1 and I have not been able to find that function in any of the Lua 5.1 docs. I wonder if the problem is that something is linking against the wrong version of Lua when there are other versions installed.

[psifertex (Jordan)]

An incorrect dependency seems likely. Doing a fresh install of neovim, I see:

 lua51
 lua51-lpeg
 lua51-mpack
 lua53
 lua53-luarocks

Can't think of a good reason _both_ would be installed as a dependency of neovim.

[l2dy (Zero King)]

Replying to psifertex:

An incorrect dependency seems likely. Doing a fresh install of neovim, I see:

 lua51
 lua51-lpeg
 lua51-mpack
 lua53
 lua53-luarocks

Can't think of a good reason _both_ would be installed as a dependency of neovim.

lua53-luarocks is installed as a build dependency for other Lua ports. It is possible to build ports for other Lua versions with it, but I'm not sure how robust that feature is.

I have updated the luarocks 1.0 port group to explicitly specify --lua-version, but these Lua ports have been updated to use the newer luarocks_org 1.0 port group now, so it does not matter.

nvim does not crash on my macOS 13 device and I don't own an arm64 one, so someone who is able to reproduce the issue has to help.

By the way, I'm accepting sponsorship for a new MacBook for MacPorts development. If anyone is interested, here is the link: ​https://github.com/sponsors/l2dy