Kafka-node: MacOS High Sierra: Build error - "#include nested too deeply"

[vgjenks]

I had zero problems installing kafka-node in this environment, up until now. Now I'm getting a build error upon installing.

Environment

• Node version: 9.4.0
• Kafka-node version: 2.4.1
• MacOS High Sierra
• Xcode 9.2

Output:

npm install kafka-node --save

> [email protected] install /Users/myname/Documents/Projects/Company/Project/projects/my-library-name/node_modules/snappy
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/snappy/deps/snappy/snappy-1.1.4/snappy-sinksource.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/snappy/deps/snappy/snappy-1.1.4/snappy-stubs-internal.o
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In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/typeinfo:61:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/exception:82:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/cstdlib:86:
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In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/wait.h:110:
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/usr/local/include/stdint.h:2:10: error: #include nested too deeply
#include <stddef.h>
         ^
/usr/local/include/stdint.h:59:11: error: #include nested too deeply
# include <stdint.h>
          ^
/usr/local/include/stdint.h:72:11: error: #include nested too deeply
# include <sys/types.h>
          ^
/usr/local/include/stdint.h:76:10: error: #include nested too deeply
#include <limits.h>
         ^
/usr/local/include/stdint.h:82:11: error: #include nested too deeply
# include <inttypes.h>
          ^
In file included from ../deps/snappy/snappy-1.1.4/snappy-stubs-internal.cc:29:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/algorithm:640:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/memory:629:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/typeinfo:61:
In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/c++/v1/exception:82:
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In file included from /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/wait.h:110:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:197:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_user_time;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:198:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_system_time;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:199:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_pkg_idle_wkups;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:200:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_interrupt_wkups;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:201:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_pageins;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:202:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_wired_size;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:203:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_resident_size;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:204:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_phys_footprint;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:205:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_proc_start_abstime;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:206:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_proc_exit_abstime;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:211:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_user_time;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:212:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_system_time;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:213:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_pkg_idle_wkups;
        ^
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk/usr/include/sys/resource.h:214:2: error: unknown type name 'uint64_t'
        uint64_t ri_interrupt_wkups;
        ^
fatal error: too many errors emitted, stopping now [-ferror-limit=]
20 errors generated.
make: *** [Release/obj.target/snappy/deps/snappy/snappy-1.1.4/snappy-stubs-internal.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:160:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 17.4.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/myname/Documents/Projects/Company/Project/projects/my-library-name/node_modules/snappy
gyp ERR! node -v v9.4.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/snappy):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

[jobetdelima]

Try to install XCode and these should go away.

[vgjenks]

See OP - Xcode 9.2 is installed. I also tried completely uninstalling and re-installing it. Nothing changed.

[hyperlink]

This worked for me using node v9.7.0 and High Sierra 10.13.3. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[gcamp]

I had the same error in a different project. Problem was some header files in /usr/local/include that shouldn't be there. Easiest to fix is to run brew doctor and follow instructions.

[hyperlink]

@vgjenks are you still having issues? did you try @gcamp solution?

[arielallon]

Thanks @gcamp!
I was deep down this rabbit hole trying to install a python package and after a many hours, yours was the solution that finally worked.

[vgjenks]

Unfortunately, “brew doctor” didn’t fix this for me.

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 8:28 AM Ariel Allon [e-mail]
wrote:

Thanks @gcamp https://github.com/gcamp!
I was deep down this rabbit hole https://xkcd.com/1987/ trying to
install a python package and after a many hours, yours was the solution
that finally worked.

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[gcamp]

@vgjenks Look at /usr/local/include/stdint.h and see if it's normal for it to be there. Or just rename it temporarily see if that fixes your problem.

[vgjenks]

Holy crap, Guillaume...that worked! Thanks so much! Is there a potential
downside to leaving this file renamed and out of service? I don't use XCode
for anything, at all, beyond the requirement to build various libraries
using node-gyp. Thanks again! And again!

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and see if it's normal for it to be there. Or just rename it temporarily
see if that fixes your problem.

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[howcrazy]

This worked for me.

mkdir /tmp/includes
brew doctor 2>&1 | grep "/usr/local/include" | awk '{$1=$1;print}' | xargs -I _ mv _ /tmp/includes

[zyfdegh]

@howcrazy It works! Thank you. I have the same problem after migrating everything to a new iMac. (This issue shall be closing.)

[marceloboeira]

@howcrazy I had the same issue when restoring a Time Machine Backup... thanks!

[constantine-jerry]

@howcrazy Thank you! It worked for me.

[Blaisorblade]

Anybody know what installed the faulty stdint.h, so that a proper upstream report can be filed? We saw a report about this in another project...

[Blaisorblade]

Based on https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/issues/4186#issuecomment-414379705, the offending header seems to come from a mangled install of libunistring. The library itself looks fine - that file seems generated from lib/stdint.mini.h, and takes effort to not include itself, but it belongs in /usr/local/include/unistring/stdint.h and not in /usr/local/include/stdint.h. I suppose that's due to whatever's installing that library on your systems.

Hope this helps whoever next investigates this bug.

[Photosounder]

I can confirm what Blaisorblade said, I installed wget from brew which installed libunistring which installed the offending header. Nothing to do with kafka-node btw, just with building anything in general.

[loveYukiiii]

@vgjenks查看/usr/local/include/stdint.h，看看它是否正常。或者只是暂时重命名，看看是否能解决您的问题。
I tried a lot of programs, reinstalled a lot of packages, still did not solve this problem, I renamed this file as you said, solved the problem! Thank you!

[BobKerns]

It looks to me like the fully-correct fix is to:

1. brew unlink libunistring
2. brew uninstall libunistring
3. Make sure /usr/local/include/stdint.h is gone, and delete it if necessary (I think it is)
4. brew install libunistring

The current version of libunistring appears to not have this problem, but if you've installed an earlier version, the damage has been done, and your build environment poisoned.

I had renamed it to the proper location earlier, and reinstalling found it as a conflict, which I handled with 'brew link --override libunistring'. This serves to confirm the original diagnosis, as relayed by @Blaisorblade

I had been hitting this for a while, and assumed it was stale node libraries. This is so insidious, I might suggest that brew actually check for this and point the user at repair instructions. It's not brew's fault, of course, but it might save a lot of people grief. The number of Node.js libraries affected is vast, and I expect other ecosystems are affected as well.