.gitea/workflows/macos.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Assert Xcode 14 toolchain
         run: xcodebuild -version | grep -E "Xcode 14." || (echo "Unexpected Xcode version" && exit 1)
 
+      # Homebrew's xcodegen formula requires Xcode 15.3, which cannot be
+      # installed on macOS 12 (#109). The script installs a pinned
+      # prebuilt release instead.
       - name: Ensure host tools
-        run: |
+        run: scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
-          command -v xcodegen || brew install xcodegen
-          python3 -c "import dmgbuild" 2>/dev/null || pip3 install dmgbuild
 
       - name: Generate Xcode project
         run: xcodegen generate --spec project.yml
@@ -134,6 +135,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      # scripts/package-release.sh runs `xcodegen generate` and dmgbuild;
+      # see build-and-test for why brew is not used on macOS 12 (#109).
+      - name: Ensure host tools
+        run: scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
+
       - name: Package release
         run: scripts/package-release.sh
         env:

scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# scripts/ensure-host-tools.sh
+#
+# Bootstrap host tools needed by CI on the macOS 12 runner:
+#   - xcodegen: pinned prebuilt release from GitHub (Homebrew's current
+#     formula requires Xcode 15.3, which cannot be installed on macOS 12).
+#   - dmgbuild: via pip3 (used by scripts/package-release.sh).
+#
+# Safe to run repeatedly: existing tools are left alone.
+
+set -eu
+
+XCODEGEN_VERSION="2.38.0"
+INSTALL_ROOT="${XCODEGEN_HOME:-$HOME/.local/xcodegen/$XCODEGEN_VERSION}"
+
+echo "==> Ensuring dmgbuild"
+python3 -c "import dmgbuild" 2>/dev/null || pip3 install dmgbuild
+
+if command -v xcodegen >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "==> xcodegen already on PATH: $(xcodegen --version)"
+else
+    echo "==> Installing xcodegen $XCODEGEN_VERSION (prebuilt)"
+    TMP="${RUNNER_TEMP:-${TMPDIR:-/tmp}}"
+    ZIP="$TMP/xcodegen-$XCODEGEN_VERSION.zip"
+    curl -fL --retry 3 \
+        "https://github.com/yonaskolb/XcodeGen/releases/download/$XCODEGEN_VERSION/xcodegen.zip" \
+        -o "$ZIP"
+    rm -rf "$INSTALL_ROOT"
+    mkdir -p "$INSTALL_ROOT"
+    # Zip contains xcodegen/{bin/xcodegen,share/xcodegen/SettingPresets};
+    # XcodeGen resolves its presets relative to the binary, so keep the tree.
+    unzip -q "$ZIP" -d "$INSTALL_ROOT"
+    BIN_DIR="$INSTALL_ROOT/xcodegen/bin"
+    chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/xcodegen"
+    if [ -n "${GITHUB_PATH:-}" ]; then
+        echo "$BIN_DIR" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+    fi
+    PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH"
+    echo "==> Installed: $("$BIN_DIR/xcodegen" --version)"
+fi