0.5.0.pre fails to install/build on Github Actions (Ruby 3.0.1)

I’m trying to get our larger test suite running on Apple Silicon which uses mini_racer for more than just asset compilation. While I was giving 0.5.0.pre a spin it worked great locally on my Mac mini (M1, 2020), but the build failed on our GH Actions CI.

Env:

• Ruby 3.0.1
• Github Runner: 2.284.0 (Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS)

I think the relevant error is (find more logs below):

[…]
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5042674Z g++: error:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5043793Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/libv8-node-16.10.0.0-x86_64-linux-musl/vendor/v8/x86_64-linux/libv8/obj/libv8_monolith.a:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5044719Z No such file or directory
[…]

logs

[…]
2021-11-09T19:26:20.9358126Z Installing libv8-node 16.10.0.0 (x86_64-linux-musl)
2021-11-09T19:26:23.8673930Z Fetching mini_racer 0.5.0.pre
2021-11-09T19:26:23.8949075Z Installing mini_racer 0.5.0.pre with native extensions
2021-11-09T19:26:26.4999443Z Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5000444Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5001449Z current directory:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5003062Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/mini_racer-0.5.0.pre/ext/mini_racer_extension
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5004164Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/bin/ruby -I
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5005050Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/lib/ruby/3.0.0 -r
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5006003Z ./siteconf20211109-1574-yya0rf.rb extconf.rb
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5006882Z checking for -lpthread... yes
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5007430Z creating Makefile
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5007750Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5008390Z current directory:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5009453Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/mini_racer-0.5.0.pre/ext/mini_racer_extension
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5010254Z make DESTDIR\= clean
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5010567Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5010983Z current directory:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5011989Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/mini_racer-0.5.0.pre/ext/mini_racer_extension
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5012792Z make DESTDIR\=
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5013330Z compiling mini_racer_extension.cc
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5014478Z mini_racer_extension.cc: In function ‘void* gvl_ruby_callback(void*)’:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5015434Z mini_racer_extension.cc:1255:92: warning: ‘VALUE
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5016318Z ruby::backward::cxxanyargs::rb_rescue2(VALUE (*)(...), VALUE, VALUE (*)(...),
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5017426Z VALUE, ...)’ is deprecated: Use of ANYARGS in this function is deprecated
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5018415Z [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5019204Z 1255 |             RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rescue_callback), callback_data_value,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5019888Z rb_eException, (VALUE)0);
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5020402Z |                                                                         
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5020897Z ^
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5021293Z In file included from
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5022177Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/internal/anyargs.h:83,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5022787Z from
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5023531Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/ruby.h:24,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5024103Z from
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5024814Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby.h:38,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5025493Z                  from mini_racer_extension.cc:2:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5026480Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/backward/cxxanyargs.hpp:282:1:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5027221Z note: declared here
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5027752Z   282 | rb_rescue2(type *q, VALUE w, type *e, VALUE r, ...)
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5028227Z       | ^~~~~~~~~~
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5029213Z mini_racer_extension.cc:1255:92: warning: ‘VALUE
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5029951Z ruby::backward::cxxanyargs::rb_rescue2(VALUE (*)(...), VALUE, VALUE (*)(...),
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5030945Z VALUE, ...)’ is deprecated: Use of ANYARGS in this function is deprecated
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5031854Z [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5032580Z 1255 |             RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rescue_callback), callback_data_value,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5033174Z rb_eException, (VALUE)0);
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5033643Z |                                                                         
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5034015Z ^
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5034380Z In file included from
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5035262Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/internal/anyargs.h:83,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5035889Z from
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5036736Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/ruby.h:24,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5037319Z from
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5038054Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby.h:38,
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5038749Z                  from mini_racer_extension.cc:2:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5039712Z /opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/include/ruby-3.0.0/ruby/backward/cxxanyargs.hpp:282:1:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5040433Z note: declared here
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5040978Z   282 | rb_rescue2(type *q, VALUE w, type *e, VALUE r, ...)
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5041442Z       | ^~~~~~~~~~
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5042131Z linking shared-object mini_racer_extension.so
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5042674Z g++: error:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5043793Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/libv8-node-16.10.0.0-x86_64-linux-musl/vendor/v8/x86_64-linux/libv8/obj/libv8_monolith.a:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5044719Z No such file or directory
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5045327Z make: *** [Makefile:262: mini_racer_extension.so] Error 1
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5045738Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5046141Z make failed, exit code 2
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5046425Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5046851Z Gem files will remain installed in
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5047751Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/gems/mini_racer-0.5.0.pre
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5048614Z for inspection.
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5049044Z Results logged to
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5050049Z /home/runner/work/foo/foo/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.0.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/3.0.0/mini_racer-0.5.0.pre/gem_make.out
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5050643Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5051214Z An error occurred while installing mini_racer (0.5.0.pre), and Bundler cannot
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5051802Z continue.
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5052502Z Make sure that `gem install mini_racer -v '0.5.0.pre' --source
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5053409Z 'https://rubygems.org/'` succeeds before bundling.
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5053875Z 
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5054394Z In Gemfile:
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5054802Z   mini_racer
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5532742Z Took  16.81 seconds
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5543323Z ##[endgroup]
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5553008Z ##[error]The process '/opt/hostedtoolcache/Ruby/3.0.1/x64/bin/bundle' failed with exit code 5
2021-11-09T19:26:26.5676829Z Cleaning up orphan processes

On an unrelated: mini_racer 0.5.0.pre works otherwise fine on Docker Desktop on Apple Silicon 🎉! The forking issue still persists, but otherwise it seems to work very well.

/cc @lloeki

[brilnius]

Not sure this is useful, here what worked for me on Linux:

gem uninstall libv8-node  # to get rid of musl version
bundle lock --add-platform x86_64-linux
gem update --system  # not sure if necessary but I didn't try again without it
bundle update --bundler

[jrcasso]

This took longer than I’d like to admit; I’m no bundler expert. A combination of @jarthod and @brilnius suggestions fixed this issue for me. My company supports multiple platforms, caches gems locally in vendor/cache, and was using bundler version 1.17.3. Here’s what I did:

1. Uninstall mini_racer via bundle remove mini_racer.
2. Uninstall libv8-node via bundle remove libv8-node if it’s an explicit requirement in your Gemfile. If you have multiple platforms supported in your Gemfile.lock, remove them. There should now be no trace of mini_racer or libv8-node.
3. Ensure all of the supported platforms are listed under PLATFORM in your Gemfile.lock, using bundle lock --add-platform <platform> to add those that may be missing.
4. Update bundler via bundle update --bundler. Your Gemfile.lock should update BUNDLED WITH from 1.17.3 to 2.1.x.
5. Ensure you have bundler 2.3.x (or later) installed via gem install bundler
6. Manually change BUNDLED WITH from 2.1.x to 2.3.x or later (I used the latest available, which was 2.3.4)
7. Install mini_racer via bundle add mini_racer. This will also install its libv8-node dependencies for your local platform.
8. Ensure all platform gems are installed into your local cache via bundle package --all-platforms.

This was all that was required. Sanity check that you’re good to go with a bundle install, which should be a noop.