v0.31.2: macOS x64 prebuilt binaries fail on macOS < 11 with "Symbol not found: _pthread_jit_write_protect_supported_np"

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Hello! After updating Sharp from version 0.31.1 to version 0.31.2, some of my users can no longer run my application.

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _pthread_jit_write_protect_supported_np
  Referenced from: /Applications/electron.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/sharp/build/Release/../.././vendor/8.13.3/darwin-x64/lib/libvips-cpp.42.dylib
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

I can guess that this problem is probably inside libvips (as shown in the error message), but in the installation guide you state:

Prebuilt binaries

Ready-compiled sharp and libvips binaries are provided for use on the most common platforms:

 - macOS x64 (>= 10.13)
 - macOS ARM64
 - Linux x64 (glibc >= 2.17, musl >= 1.1.24, CPU with SSE4.2)
 - Linux ARM64 (glibc >= 2.17, musl >= 1.1.24)
 - Windows x64
 - Windows x86

So I’m just wondering if this bug should be expected to be fixed or should the supported macOS version be higher?

[bobsam]

Also happend on MacOS 10.15.7

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _pthread_jit_write_protect_supported_np
  Referenced from: /Users/bob/Documents/workspace/git.nie/art-design-node/node_modules/sharp/build/Release/../.././vendor/8.13.3/darwin-x64/lib/libvips-cpp.42.dylib
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: _pthread_jit_write_protect_supported_np
  Referenced from: /Users/bob/Documents/workspace/git.nie/art-design-node/node_modules/sharp/build/Release/../.././vendor/8.13.3/darwin-x64/lib/libvips-cpp.42.dylib
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

[leonism]

Hi @lovell, thanks for the advise, will try to give it a go by tonight.

Well, as it turned out I don’t have to wait till tonight, I have access to my local machine again. Here are the steps for everyone else that came here from a Google Search, and I noticed that it’s a MacOSX specific issue. I’m on node v16.17.1, running on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6.

• npm uninstall sharp and
• npm install sharp@0.31.1

And, they’re back again working as intended.

Thanks,