IDE hangs on compile Mac OSX Mojave

[timwilson235]

MacOS Mojave 10.14.3, Arduino IDE 1.8.8.

Can't compile ("verify") anything, as compile hangs at point "detecting libraries used". Happens with all my programs, including the simplest possible:

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

}

---

Tried several target boards, including the most basic Arduino/Genuino Uno.
Here is the verbose output:

/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/twilson/Documents/Arduino/libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -ide-version=10808 -build-path /var/folders/9r/856cqfbn0lb443dvjglw98zr0000gn/T/arduino_build_430604 -warnings=none -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/9r/856cqfbn0lb443dvjglw98zr0000gn/T/untitled328350557.tmp/sketch_mar08a/sketch_mar08a.ino
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -built-in-libraries /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/twilson/Documents/Arduino/libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:uno -ide-version=10808 -build-path /var/folders/9r/856cqfbn0lb443dvjglw98zr0000gn/T/arduino_build_430604 -warnings=none -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/9r/856cqfbn0lb443dvjglw98zr0000gn/T/untitled328350557.tmp/sketch_mar08a/sketch_mar08a.ino
Using board 'uno' from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++ -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega328p -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10808 -DARDUINO_AVR_UNO -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino -I/Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/standard /var/folders/9r/856cqfbn0lb443dvjglw98zr0000gn/T/arduino_build_430604/sketch/sketch_mar08a.ino.cpp -o /dev/null

[facchinm]

@gvarisco any idea? Could it be due to some Mojave security policy?

[gvarisco]

Ouch, nothing sec/policy-related that I'm familiar with. @timwilson235 hi there! Could you please open the Console application (from the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder) and check if there's anything reported after pressing 'Verify'? The utility should open to All Messages, showing the log entries for everything that's happened recently on your Mac.

[timwilson235]

I spent most of Sunday tracking this down - and SUCCEEDED! (much to my surprise). The problem was this old LaunchAgent in /Library/LaunchAgents: com.sourceforge.macgpg2.gpg-agent.plist. In fact, it seems that if this LaunchAgent is loaded, then NO 32-bit apps will run - they just silently hang - and all the Arduino tools (avr-g++, ctags, etc.) are 32-bit (that's gonna have to get fixed soon!).

I don't know the exactly how gpg-agent messes up the system; I only know that if it's loaded, Arduino won't compile, and if it's not loaded (ie moved out of the LaunchAgents folder) then Arduino works fine.

So I guess this issue can be closed...although, I hope you guys are planning on making Arduino tools 64-bit, because soon they won't run at all (I expect you know this).

[facchinm]

We already have a bunch of open issues on 64 bit only binaries on osx and we are porting all the tools (which are a lot, btw) to the new target. Until your report, however, it was only a small annoyance (some popup window here and there, just the first time you lauched a 32 bit tool).
@gvarisco @sandeepmistry @cmaglie should we speedup the recompile effort?

[gvarisco]

@facchinm we definitely need to start working on that, but we've got still quite some time. According to Apple:

The 64-bit transition for macOS and macOS apps is still underway, so final transition dates have not yet been established. But now is a good time to check with the software developer to see if 64-bit versions of your favorite titles are available.

[fabianonline]

Maybe it's another bug then... But I'm hit by it as well.

MacOS 10.14.3, Arduino 1.8.9, AVR Boards 1.6.23.

Trying to compile the minimal "default sketch":

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:

}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

}

Following appears in the Arduino console window:

/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -dump-prefs -logger=machine -hardware /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/fabian/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/fabian/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/fabian/Documents/Arduino/libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:mega:cpu=atmega2560 -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/arduino_build_174582 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/arduino_cache_952322 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/untitled92856715.tmp/sketch_mar19a/sketch_mar19a.ino
/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/arduino-builder -compile -logger=machine -hardware /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware -hardware /Users/fabian/Library/Arduino15/packages -tools /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/tools-builder -tools /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -tools /Users/fabian/Library/Arduino15/packages -built-in-libraries /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/libraries -libraries /Users/fabian/Documents/Arduino/libraries -fqbn=arduino:avr:mega:cpu=atmega2560 -ide-version=10809 -build-path /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/arduino_build_174582 -warnings=none -build-cache /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/arduino_cache_952322 -prefs=build.warn_data_percentage=75 -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avrdude-6.3.0-arduino14.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.arduinoOTA-1.2.1.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -prefs=runtime.tools.avr-gcc-5.4.0-atmel3.6.1-arduino2.path=/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr -verbose /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/untitled92856715.tmp/sketch_mar19a/sketch_mar19a.ino
Using board 'mega' from platform in folder: /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Using core 'arduino' from platform in folder: /private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr
Detecting libraries used...
"/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/tools/avr/bin/avr-g++" -c -g -Os -w -std=gnu++11 -fpermissive -fno-exceptions -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-threadsafe-statics -Wno-error=narrowing -flto -w -x c++ -E -CC -mmcu=atmega2560 -DF_CPU=16000000L -DARDUINO=10809 -DARDUINO_AVR_MEGA2560 -DARDUINO_ARCH_AVR "-I/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/cores/arduino" "-I/private/var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/AppTranslocation/F0F048B8-FBD0-426B-A507-43D0D03313BD/d/Arduino 2.app/Contents/Java/hardware/arduino/avr/variants/mega" /var/folders/zl/y_5l2b4n3_v3_z9d6ls430n40000gn/T/arduino_build_174582/sketch/sketch_mar19a.ino.cpp -o /dev/null

There it gets stuck.

Looking at the syslog, following entries might be of interest:

standard	05:32:50.968160 +0100	taskgated	MacOS error: -67062
standard	05:32:50.999364 +0100	taskgated	MacOS error: -67062
...
standard	05:32:51.658807 +0100	taskgated	MacOS error: -67062
standard	05:32:51.667912 +0100	taskgated	MacOS error: -67062
standard	05:32:51.932064 +0100	taskgated	MacOS error: -67062
standard	05:32:51.935196 +0100	syspolicyd	MacOS error: -67062
standard	05:32:51.944833 +0100	syspolicyd	MacOS error: -67062
fehler	05:32:51.948345 +0100	syspolicyd	URL failed validity check (-67062): <private>
standard	05:32:51.966258 +0100	syspolicyd	-[LSCodeEvaluationClientManager handlePromptResponse:info:identifier:]: response: 2 info: <private>
fehler	05:32:51.966482 +0100	syspolicyd	failed to call driver: 0x10000003

[timwilson235]

@fabianonline did you look to see if your Mac is running the gpg-agent LaunchAgent that was causing the problem for me?

[fabianonline]

I have no gpg-agent running neither did I ever install one.

I've unloaded all LaunchAgents in ~/Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchAgents. Now the compiling reaches the "Sketch is being compiled..." phase before hanging...

[timwilson235]

Try compiling after booting into Safe mode, see what happens.

[fabianonline]

Booting in safe mode led to successful compiling. Booting normally after that also led to successful compiling. Interesting.

I did reboot normally in the meantime; that didn't work. Apparently there is something fixing itself by trying to compile in safe mode or something...

[timwilson235]

Yeah, I saw some very strange behavior also when debugging this. But since compile works in safe mode, then it's probably down to SOME LaunchAgent or LaunchDaemon. Is there anything in /Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchDaemons, or ~/Library/LaunchAgents that looks particularly old? The one that was causing my problem was dated 2009 - that should've been a red flag right away.

[facchinm]

@gvarisco @sandeepmistry as OSX gurus, do you have any idea of what is possibly going on 🙂 ?