ARM Native Components Missing from 12.1.3

[utkonos]

Describe the bug
Not sure if this is deliberate or not. 12.0.4 included native components built. Then 12.1 did not include macOS native components for ARM. Then 12.1.2 included the native components. And now 12.1.3 does not include macOS ARM native components.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. On first run, there is a warning about native components.

Expected behavior
Native components built and shipped consistently.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS ARM
• Java Version: 26
• Ghidra Version: 12.1.3
• Ghidra Origin: official GitHub distro

[ryanmkurtz]

We switched to a new internal build pipeline with 12.1 and lost the ability to produce native macOS native components. The list of platforms that include pre-built native components can be found here for each release.

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/blob/master/GhidraDocs/GettingStarted.md#building-native-components

As you noticed, 12.1.2 included macOS again. This was because there was a last minute issue discovered with the new build pipeline, and the old build setup was used to produce that release. The referenced section of GettingStarted.md was forgotten about during that situation.

12.1.3 is back to the new build pipeline. We might get the ability to build macOS native components on that again one day...it's still up in the air. But, the native macOS components we delivered were problematic anyway since they were unsigned, and Gatekeeper agressively blocked them which always resulted in questions from users. I find that having to build them yourself on macOS is a better solution (assuming we never get the ability to sign native components).

[ryanmkurtz]

We recently added OpenBSD. I think it's just in master tho for 12.2.

[topia]

I created a zip merge for my own purpose: https://github.com/topia/test-nightly-build-workflow/blob/main/.github/workflows/build-for-snapshot-tag.yml#L112
It seems there are some differences in the artifact name format, etc.; that might help.

[ryanmkurtz]

@topia thanks, i will use what you've done to guide me in the final merge step.

[ryanmkurtz]

@utkonos here is our action that creates a multi-platform build, which includes the macOS native components.

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra/actions/workflows/build-ghidra-multi-platform-artifact.yml

[utkonos]

@ryanmkurtz Thanks!! 🙏