[wamr] ld: library 'vmlib' not found

[guillemcordoba]

Describe the bug

Building a rust binary that depends on Wasmer v5 with the wamr feature enabled targeting iOS fails with this error in the linking step:

error: linking with `cc` failed: exit status: 1
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  = note: env -u MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET LC_ALL="C" PATH="/Users/guillem

...
...
...

  = note: ld: library 'vmlib' not found
          clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new rust binary.
2. Add Wasmer as a dependency in Cargo.toml like this: wasmer = {version = "5", default-features = false, features = ["wamr"]}
3. Run cargo build --target aarch64-apple-ios.

Here is a link to a minimal reproduction: https://github.com/guillemcordoba/vmlib-issue-reproduction/actions/runs/12844217193/job/35816976026#step:5:452

Expected behavior

A binary can be built for iOS with the wamr engine.

Actual behavior

Compilation fails.

Additional context

I'm running macOS Sonoma 14.6.1.

[xdoardo]

Hello! We will tackle this while preparing the 5.1 release, which should come in some weeks. In the meantime, if it is a priority for you, feel free to open a PR, which we'll be glad to review.

[jesselang]

@xdoardo any update here? Thanks much!

[zippy]

There has been more work on trying to figure this out, it appears the issue is in wamr itself please see here for an issue created there.