[PATCH 0/1] Cross-compiling 32-bit macOS from 64-bit-only macOS.

[Brendan Shanks]

Something I've been working on lately is cross-compiling Wine for 32-bit
Mac from newer 64-bit-only macOS versions (10.15 and newer). This should
be especially useful for anyone packaging Wine for macOS.

The first part needed is a toolchain. Apple's last official toolchain to
support targeting i386 is Xcode 9.4.1 and the 10.13 SDK, but this is 
unable to run on any OS newer than 10.14.

To fix this, I've created a hack that allows the Xcode 9.4.1 toolchain to
be used on newer OSes: https://github.com/mrpippy/XcodeNueve

With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a cross-compile.
Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
(i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for cross-compiling.

Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
triplet, which fails.

This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.

Here's the command I use to configure, assuming the modified Xcode 9.4.1
is at /Applications/Xcode9.app:

DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk" \
../configure --host=i386-apple-darwin \
--with-wine-tools=<path to wine64 build> --with-wine64=<path to wine64 build> \
CC="clang -arch i386" TARGETFLAGS="-m32"

Make also needs to be run with DEVELOPER_DIR and SDKROOT set.
And this also works on Apple Silicon, just run with 'arch -x86_64'

Brendan Shanks (1):
  configure: Only set TARGETFLAGS when cross-compiling with
    host-prefixed tools.

configure.ac | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

[PATCH 1/1] configure: Only set TARGETFLAGS when cross-compiling with host-prefixed tools.

[Brendan Shanks]

Signed-off-by: Brendan Shanks 
---
 configure.ac | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3f1d50a4dfc..61e772b21b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -257,7 +257,11 @@ else
 fi
 if test -n "$host_alias" -a "$host_alias" != "$build_alias"
 then
-    TARGETFLAGS="-b $host_alias $TARGETFLAGS"
+    case "$CC" in
+        *$host_alias*)
+            TARGETFLAGS="-b $host_alias $TARGETFLAGS"
+            ;;
+    esac
 fi

dnl Check for flex

[Dean Greer]

Did Xcode13 now break i386 targets?, as Xcode12 on my M1 Mac Mini had
compiled i386 target wine for me when using MacOSX10.13.SDK

The proposed patch reminds me of a change to meson a while back that
removed this as it caused issues on Linux when cross-compiling for other
distros/archs.

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 1:15 AM Brendan Shanks 
wrote:
> Something I've been working on lately is cross-compiling Wine for 32-bit
> Mac from newer 64-bit-only macOS versions (10.15 and newer). This should
> be especially useful for anyone packaging Wine for macOS.
>
> The first part needed is a toolchain. Apple's last official toolchain to
> support targeting i386 is Xcode 9.4.1 and the 10.13 SDK, but this is
> unable to run on any OS newer than 10.14.
>
> To fix this, I've created a hack that allows the Xcode 9.4.1 toolchain to
> be used on newer OSes: https://github.com/mrpippy/XcodeNueve
>
> With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a cross-compile.
> Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for cross-compiling.
>
> Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
> winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> triplet, which fails.
>
> This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.
>
> Here's the command I use to configure, assuming the modified Xcode 9.4.1
> is at /Applications/Xcode9.app:
>
> DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk"
> \
> ../configure --host=i386-apple-darwin \
> --with-wine-tools=<path to wine64 build> --with-wine64=<path to wine64
> build> \
> CC="clang -arch i386" TARGETFLAGS="-m32"
>
> Make also needs to be run with DEVELOPER_DIR and SDKROOT set.
> And this also works on Apple Silicon, just run with 'arch -x86_64'
>
> Brendan Shanks (1):
>   configure: Only set TARGETFLAGS when cross-compiling with
>     host-prefixed tools.
>
> configure.ac | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --
> 2.30.1 (Apple Git-130)

[Alexandre Julliard]

Brendan Shanks  writes:
> With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a cross-compile.
> Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for cross-compiling.
>
> Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
> winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> triplet, which fails.
>
> This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.

It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:
if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
-m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
configuration.

[Dean Greer]

> It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:

if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
-m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
configuration.

If the compile is being done via an Intel Mac that’s not required, when
compiling via an Apple Silicon Mac just launching the session via Rosetta2
will allow you to skip setting -m32 & host_cpu.

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 3:35 PM Alexandre Julliard 
wrote:
> Brendan Shanks  writes:
> > With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a cross-compile.
> > Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> > (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for
>
> cross-compiling.
> > Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
> > winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> > triplet, which fails.
> >
> > This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> > appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.
>
> It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:
> if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
> -m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
> configuration.
>
> --
> Alexandre Julliard
> [e-mail]

[Brendan Shanks]

> On Oct 21, 2021, at 12:35 PM, Alexandre Julliard  wrote:
>
> Brendan Shanks  writes:
> > With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a cross-compile.
> > Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> > (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for cross-compiling.
> >
> > Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
> > winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> > triplet, which fails.
> >
> > This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> > appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.
>
> It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:
> if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
> -m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
> configuration.

Thanks Alexandre, that does work correctly and without any changes needed. This patch can be disregarded.

For a WOW64 build, running configure like this works:

DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk" \
../configure --with-wine64=<path to wine64 build>

Or for a standalone 32-bit build:

DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk" \
../configure --with-wine-tools=<path to wine64 build>

Brendan

[Dean Greer]

I’m still not getting why your using Xcode9 in this manner when.
XCode10/11/12 compiled 32Bit wine without issue as long as SDKROOT is set
to MacOSX10.13.SDK

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 5:22 PM Brendan Shanks 
wrote:
> > On Oct 21, 2021, at 12:35 PM, Alexandre Julliard
>
> wrote:
> > Brendan Shanks  writes:
> > > With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a
>
> cross-compile.
> > > Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> > > (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for
>
> cross-compiling.
> > > Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
> > > winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> > > triplet, which fails.
> > >
> > > This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> > > appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.
> >
> > It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:
> > if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
> > -m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
> > configuration.
>
> Thanks Alexandre, that does work correctly and without any changes needed.
> This patch can be disregarded.
>
> For a WOW64 build, running configure like this works:
>
> DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk"
> \
> ../configure --with-wine64=<path to wine64 build>
>
> Or for a standalone 32-bit build:
>
> DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk"
> \
> ../configure --with-wine-tools=<path to wine64 build>
>
> Brendan

[Brendan Shanks]

True, looks like even Xcode 13.1 RC is still able to build for i386 with the 10.13 SDK. For CrossOver though we build an i386 .app, which requires xcodebuild, etc.
I would also prefer to stick with the toolchain that Apple tested/supported for i386 (and that we’ve already been using).
> On Oct 21, 2021, at 2:27 PM, Dean Greer  wrote:
>
> I’m still not getting why your using Xcode9 in this manner when. XCode10/11/12 compiled 32Bit wine without issue as long as SDKROOT is set to MacOSX10.13.SDK
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 5:22 PM Brendan Shanks <[e-mail] > wrote:
> > On Oct 21, 2021, at 12:35 PM, Alexandre Julliard <[e-mail] > wrote:
> >
> > Brendan Shanks <[e-mail] > writes:
> > > With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a cross-compile.
> > > Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> > > (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for cross-compiling.
> > >
> > > Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS, causing
> > > winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> > > triplet, which fails.
> > >
> > > This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> > > appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.
> >
> > It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:
> > if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
> > -m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
> > configuration.
>
> Thanks Alexandre, that does work correctly and without any changes needed. This patch can be disregarded.
>
> For a WOW64 build, running configure like this works:
>
> DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk" \
> ../configure --with-wine64=<path to wine64 build>
>
> Or for a standalone 32-bit build:
>
> DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk" \
> ../configure --with-wine-tools=<path to wine64 build>
>
> Brendan

[Dean Greer]

I might have a cleaner solution for you.

Copy the following;
Xcode9.4.1.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain

Rename XcodeDefault.xctoolchain > Xcode9.xctoolchain

Open ToolchainsInfo.plist
Remove the current contents and add the following;
CompatibilityVersion        Number        2
DisplayName                   String            Xcode 9.4.1
Bundle identifier               String            Xcode9.toolchain

Now move to ~/Library/Developer/Toolchains/

The toolchain is now visible within Xcode, it can also be used by setting;
export TOOLCHAINS="Xcode9.toolchain"

Just need to set SDKROOT as appropriate.

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 7:46 PM Brendan Shanks 
wrote:
> True, looks like even Xcode 13.1 RC is still able to build for i386 with
> the 10.13 SDK. For CrossOver though we build an i386 .app, which requires
> xcodebuild, etc.
> I would also prefer to stick with the toolchain that Apple
> tested/supported for i386 (and that we’ve already been using).
>
> On Oct 21, 2021, at 2:27 PM, Dean Greer  wrote:
>
> I’m still not getting why your using Xcode9 in this manner when.
> XCode10/11/12 compiled 32Bit wine without issue as long as SDKROOT is set
> to MacOSX10.13.SDK
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 5:22 PM Brendan Shanks 
> wrote:
> > > On Oct 21, 2021, at 12:35 PM, Alexandre Julliard
> >
> > wrote:
> > > Brendan Shanks  writes:
> > > > With the toolchain working, building i386 with it is now a
> >
> > cross-compile.
> > > > Apple does not prefix the commands with the host triplet though
> > > > (i.e. 'i386-apple-darwin'), which Wine seems to expect for
> >
> > cross-compiling.
> > > > Specifically, configure adds "-b <host triplet>" to TARGETFLAGS,
> >
> > causing
> > > > winebuild to search for commands like ld and nm prefixed with that host
> > > > triplet, which fails.
> > > >
> > > > This is a patch which only sets that TARGETFLAGS when the host triplet
> > > > appears in $CC. I'm open to a different approach to fixing this though.
> > >
> > > It seems to me that this should be done the same way we do it on Linux:
> > > if we are on an x86_64 host and --enable-win64 is not specified, we add
> > > -m32 and set host_cpu=i386. Passing --host is not required in this
> > > configuration.
> >
> > Thanks Alexandre, that does work correctly and without any changes
> > needed. This patch can be disregarded.
> >
> > For a WOW64 build, running configure like this works:
> >
> > DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> > SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk"
> > \
> > ../configure --with-wine64=<path to wine64 build>
> >
> > Or for a standalone 32-bit build:
> >
> > DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode9.app" \
> > SDKROOT="/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.13.sdk"
> > \
> > ../configure --with-wine-tools=<path to wine64 build>
> >
> > Brendan