Nixpkgs: lsof-4.87 fails on Mac OS X 10.9

[m-a-t]

I tried on 28.10.2014 to build git-annex from source (nix-env --option use-binary-caches false -i git-annex) on Mac OS X 10.9 in a fresh nix store. It fails with

lsof_4.87_src/lsof.8
lsof_4.87_src/lsof.man
patching sources
configuring
./Configure: line 39: which: command not found
Unknown Darwin release: 13.3.0
Assuming Darwin 11.0
FATAL: can't find libproc.h
builder for `/nix/store/jfkx0f8gxc72z8hxwnzbnd4qfydn4nyr-lsof-4.87.drv' failed with exit code 1
cannot build derivation `/nix/store/izb60y2ak445zfkxikn8kbdb5izr0z68-git-annex-5.20141013.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built

[gridaphobe]

lsof builds for me on master, do you have either full XCode or the XCode command-line tools installed?

[m-a-t]

Thanks for the tip, I will check if this was the reason. But where in the documentation it says that Xcode is a dependency to use nix on Mac OS X? I found not a single sentence on https://nixos.org/nix/about.html, nor https://nixos.org/nix/download.html, nor https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-quick-start that this might be the case. It is kind of ironic that a dependency manager fails to specify its dependencies :-)

[domenkozar]

still a problem?

[clacke]

Still a problem in OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite). And lsof is not in the binary cache, so my system tries to build it and fails.

[m-a-t]

On my fresh nix installation on Mac OS 10.11, "nix-env -i lsof" still fails (see output.txt). By now, I assume the pure stdenv is used, so XCode shouldn't make a difference anymore.

git-annex seems to be no more available, but this is another issue.

[seanparsons]

I have Xcode installed and it still doesn't work for me.

[matthewbauer]

lsof-4.89 is in the binary cache. I think this can be closed.

[knedlsepp]

nix-shell --pure -p lsof --run lsof runs fine. This should be closed.

[clacke]

Close it.

[m-a-t]

I can confirm that lsof works now, so this can be closed. Thanks for your efforts.

(However, the sad part...my primary goal to install git-annex now fails because derivation is no more available, at least for Mac, it seems...)

[clacke]

I've got git-annex here, as nixpkgs.gitAndTools.git-annex.

• system: "x86_64-darwin"
• host os: Darwin 16.7.0, macOS 10.12.6
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: no
• version: nix-env (Nix) 1.11.16
• channels(clacke): "nixpkgs-18.03pre126020.931a0b8be80"

[m-a-t]

Yeah I managed to build it too when removing the platform restriction. I have contacted the maintainer. Is no problem anymore, thanks!