cmd/compile: OSX Builds cannot find libcrt0.o

[karlmutch]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.18beta1 darwin/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

N/A (1.18 Beta1)

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/Users/karlmutch/Library/Caches/go-build"
GOENV="/Users/karlmutch/Library/Application Support/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOEXPERIMENT=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="darwin"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/Users/karlmutch/projects/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="darwin"
GOPATH="/Users/karlmutch/projects"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/Users/karlmutch/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/Users/karlmutch/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
GOVCS=""
GOVERSION="go1.18beta1"
GCCGO="gccgo"
GOAMD64="v1"
AR="ar"
CC="clang"
CXX="clang++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/Users/karlmutch/projects/src/github.com/xxxxxx/xxx-xxxx/go.mod"
GOWORK=""
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -arch x86_64 -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/hv/zjrtcfqs64g1bhyh8wvx919r0000gp/T/go-build3854253269=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

What did you do?

go build -ldflags="-extldflags=-static" -tags="osusergo netgo" ./cmd/kvserver

What did you expect to see?

# github.com/shirou/gopsutil/disk
iostat_darwin.c:28:2: warning: 'IOMasterPort' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 12.0 [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Headers/IOKitLib.h:132:1: note: 'IOMasterPort' has been explicitly marked deprecated here

What did you see instead?

# github.com/shirou/gopsutil/disk
iostat_darwin.c:28:2: warning: 'IOMasterPort' is deprecated: first deprecated in macOS 12.0 [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Headers/IOKitLib.h:132:1: note: 'IOMasterPort' has been explicitly marked deprecated here
# github.com/fetchrobotics/sage-kernel/cmd/kvserver
/Users/karlmutch/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: running clang failed: exit status 1
ld: library not found for -lcrt0.o
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Related #50662

[seankhliao]

macOS doesn't support it.
also, that's not a Go issue
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5259249/creating-static-mac-os-x-c-build

[karlmutch]

Thanks ! I had no idea this was the case.