Fix cross-compiling for Apple platforms

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ jobs:
             rust: stable
             target: x86_64-apple-ios-macabi
             no_run: --no-run # FIXME(madsmtm): Fix running tests
+          - build: cross-macos-aarch64
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            rust: stable
+            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            no_run: --no-run
+          - build: cross-ios-aarch64
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            rust: stable
+            target: aarch64-apple-ios
+            no_run: --no-run
           - build: windows-aarch64
             os: windows-latest
             rust: stable
@@ -155,6 +165,31 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CC: ${{ matrix.CC }}
           CXX: ${{ matrix.CXX }}
+      - name: Install llvm tools (for llvm-ar)
+        if: startsWith(matrix.build, 'cross-macos') || startsWith(matrix.build, 'cross-ios')
+        run: sudo apt-get install llvm
+      - name: Download macOS SDK
+        if: startsWith(matrix.build, 'cross-macos')
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/phracker/MacOSX-SDKs/releases/download/11.3/MacOSX11.3.sdk.tar.xz
+          tar -xf MacOSX11.3.sdk.tar.xz
+          echo "SDKROOT=$(pwd)/MacOSX11.3.sdk" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Download iOS SDK
+        if: startsWith(matrix.build, 'cross-ios')
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/xybp888/iOS-SDKs/releases/download/iOS18.1-SDKs/iPhoneOS18.1.sdk.zip
+          unzip iPhoneOS18.1.sdk.zip
+          echo "SDKROOT=$(pwd)/iPhoneOS18.1.sdk" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Set up Apple cross-compilation
+        if: startsWith(matrix.build, 'cross-macos') || startsWith(matrix.build, 'cross-ios')
+        run: |
+          # Test with clang/llvm for now, has better cross-compilation support (GCC requires downloading a different toolchain)
+          echo "CC=clang" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CXX=clang++" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AR=llvm-ar" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Link with rust-lld
+          UPPERCASE_TARGET_NAME=$(echo "${{ matrix.target }}" | tr '[:lower:]-' '[:upper:]_')
+          echo "CARGO_TARGET_${UPPERCASE_TARGET_NAME}_LINKER=rust-lld" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: setup dev environment
         uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
         if: startsWith(matrix.build, 'windows-clang')

src/lib.rs

@@ -2194,21 +2194,34 @@ impl Build {
 
                     // Pass `--target` with the LLVM target to configure Clang for cross-compiling.
                     //
-                    // NOTE: In the past, we passed this, along with the deployment version in here
-                    // on Apple targets, but versioned targets were found to have poor compatibility
-                    // with older versions of Clang, especially around comes to configuration files.
+                    // This is **required** for cross-compilation, as it's the only flag that
+                    // consistently forces Clang to change the "toolchain" that is responsible for
+                    // parsing target-specific flags:
+                    // https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1388
+                    // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-19.1.7/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp#L1359-L1360
+                    // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-19.1.7/clang/lib/Driver/Driver.cpp#L6347-L6532
                     //
-                    // Instead, we specify `-arch` along with `-mmacosx-version-min=`, `-mtargetos=`
-                    // and similar flags in `.apple_flags()`.
+                    // This can be confusing, because on e.g. host macOS, you can usually get by
+                    // with `-arch` and `-mtargetos=`. But that only works because the _default_
+                    // toolchain is `Darwin`, which enables parsing of darwin-specific options.
                     //
-                    // Note that Clang errors when both `-mtargetos=` and `-target` are specified,
-                    // so we omit this entirely on Apple targets (it's redundant when specifying
-                    // both the `-arch` and the deployment target / OS flag) (in theory we _could_
-                    // specify this on some of the Apple targets that use the older
-                    // `-m*-version-min=`, but for consistency we omit it entirely).
-                    if target.vendor != "apple" {
-                        cmd.push_cc_arg(format!("--target={}", target.llvm_target).into());
-                    }
+                    // NOTE: In the past, we passed the deployment version in here on all Apple
+                    // targets, but versioned targets were found to have poor compatibility with
+                    // older versions of Clang, especially when it comes to configuration files:
+                    // https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1278
+                    //
+                    // So instead, we pass the deployment target with `-m*-version-min=`, and only
+                    // pass it here on visionOS and Mac Catalyst where that option does not exist:
+                    // https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1383
+                    let clang_target = if target.os == "visionos" || target.abi == "macabi" {
+                        Cow::Owned(
+                            target.versioned_llvm_target(&self.apple_deployment_target(target)),
+                        )
+                    } else {
+                        Cow::Borrowed(target.llvm_target)
+                    };
+
+                    cmd.push_cc_arg(format!("--target={clang_target}").into());
                 }
             }
             ToolFamily::Msvc { clang_cl } => {
@@ -2648,21 +2661,29 @@ impl Build {
     fn apple_flags(&self, cmd: &mut Tool) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let target = self.get_target()?;
 
-        // Add `-arch` on all compilers. This is a Darwin/Apple-specific flag
-        // that works both on GCC and Clang.
+        // This is a Darwin/Apple-specific flag that works both on GCC and Clang, but it is only
+        // necessary on GCC since we specify `-target` on Clang.
         // https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Darwin-Options.html#:~:text=arch
         // https://clang.llvm.org/docs/CommandGuide/clang.html#cmdoption-arch
-        let arch = map_darwin_target_from_rust_to_compiler_architecture(&target);
-        cmd.args.push("-arch".into());
-        cmd.args.push(arch.into());
+        if cmd.is_like_gnu() {
+            let arch = map_darwin_target_from_rust_to_compiler_architecture(&target);
+            cmd.args.push("-arch".into());
+            cmd.args.push(arch.into());
+        }
 
-        // Pass the deployment target via `-mmacosx-version-min=`, `-mtargetos=` and similar.
-        //
-        // It is also necessary on GCC, as it forces a compilation error if the compiler is not
+        // Pass the deployment target via `-mmacosx-version-min=`, `-miphoneos-version-min=` and
+        // similar. Also necessary on GCC, as it forces a compilation error if the compiler is not
         // configured for Darwin: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Darwin-Options.html
-        let min_version = self.apple_deployment_target(&target);
-        cmd.args
-            .push(target.apple_version_flag(&min_version).into());
+        //
+        // On visionOS and Mac Catalyst, there is no -m*-version-min= flag:
+        // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/88271
+        // And the workaround to use `-mtargetos=` cannot be used with the `--target` flag that we
+        // otherwise specify. So we avoid emitting that, and put the version in `--target` instead.
+        if cmd.is_like_gnu() || !(target.os == "visionos" || target.abi == "macabi") {
+            let min_version = self.apple_deployment_target(&target);
+            cmd.args
+                .push(target.apple_version_flag(&min_version).into());
+        }
 
         // AppleClang sometimes requires sysroot even on macOS
         if cmd.is_xctoolchain_clang() || target.os != "macos" {

src/target/llvm.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+use super::TargetInfo;
+
+impl TargetInfo<'_> {
+    /// The versioned LLVM/Clang target triple.
+    pub(crate) fn versioned_llvm_target(&self, version: &str) -> String {
+        // Only support versioned Apple targets for now.
+        assert_eq!(self.vendor, "apple");
+
+        let mut components = self.llvm_target.split("-");
+        let arch = components.next().expect("llvm_target should have arch");
+        let vendor = components.next().expect("llvm_target should have vendor");
+        let os = components.next().expect("LLVM target should have os");
+        let environment = components.next();
+        assert_eq!(components.next(), None, "too many LLVM target components");
+
+        if let Some(env) = environment {
+            format!("{arch}-{vendor}-{os}{version}-{env}")
+        } else {
+            format!("{arch}-{vendor}-{os}{version}")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Rust and Clang don't really agree on naming, so do a best-effort
 /// conversion to support out-of-tree / custom target-spec targets.
 pub(crate) fn guess_llvm_target_triple(

tests/test.rs

@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ fn clang_apple_tvos() {
         .file("foo.c")
         .compile("foo");
 
-    test.cmd(0).must_have_in_order("-arch", "arm64");
+    test.cmd(0).must_have("--target=arm64-apple-tvos");
     test.cmd(0).must_have("-mappletvos-version-min=9.0");
 }
 
@@ -640,10 +640,9 @@ fn clang_apple_mac_catalyst() {
         .compile("foo");
     let execution = test.cmd(0);
 
-    execution.must_have_in_order("-arch", "arm64");
+    execution.must_have("--target=arm64-apple-ios15.0-macabi");
     // --target and -mtargetos= don't mix
-    execution.must_not_have("--target=arm64-apple-ios-macabi");
-    execution.must_have("-mtargetos=ios15.0-macabi");
+    execution.must_not_have("-mtargetos=");
     execution.must_have_in_order("-isysroot", sdkroot);
     execution.must_have_in_order(
         "-isystem",
@@ -672,7 +671,8 @@ fn clang_apple_tvsimulator() {
         .file("foo.c")
         .compile("foo");
 
-    test.cmd(0).must_have_in_order("-arch", "x86_64");
+    test.cmd(0)
+        .must_have("--target=x86_64-apple-tvos-simulator");
     test.cmd(0).must_have("-mappletvsimulator-version-min=9.0");
 }
 
@@ -697,10 +697,9 @@ fn clang_apple_visionos() {
 
     dbg!(test.cmd(0).args);
 
-    test.cmd(0).must_have_in_order("-arch", "arm64");
+    test.cmd(0).must_have("--target=arm64-apple-xros1.0");
     // --target and -mtargetos= don't mix.
-    test.cmd(0).must_not_have("--target=arm64-apple-xros");
-    test.cmd(0).must_have("-mtargetos=xros1.0");
+    test.cmd(0).must_not_have("-mtargetos=");
 
     // Flags that don't exist.
     test.cmd(0).must_not_have("-mxros-version-min=1.0");