mac os errors

[benjiqq]

getting non descript errors on zigup 0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0

install directory '/Users/ben/zig'
mkdir '/Users/ben/zig'
rm -rf '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing'
mkdir '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing'
downloading 'https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-macos-x86_64-0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.tar.xz' to '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing/zig-macos-x86_64-0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.tar.xz'
[RUN] tar xf /Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing/zig-macos-x86_64-0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.tar.xz -C /Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing
rm -rf '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing/zig-macos-x86_64-0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.tar.xz'
mv '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing/zig-macos-x86_64-0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0' '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing/files'
mv '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0.installing' '/Users/ben/zig/0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0'
error: NotLink
???:?:?: 0x104b6ef6a in _std.os.mkdirZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6ee2f in _std.os.mkdir (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6ec38 in _std.fs.makeDirAbsolute (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6e251 in _loggyMakeDirAbsolute (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bb44c9 in _std.os.faccessatZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6f344 in _std.fs.Dir.accessZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6f25a in _std.fs.Dir.access (???)
???:?:?: 0x104c54524 in _std.os.unlinkatZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bf8401 in _std.fs.Dir.deleteFileZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104ba7c2c in _std.fs.Dir.deleteFile (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bf972e in _std.os.openatZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bae390 in _std.fs.Dir.openFileZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bae100 in _std.fs.Dir.openFile (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bf972e in _std.os.openatZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bae390 in _std.fs.Dir.openFileZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bae100 in _std.fs.Dir.openFile (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bab509 in _std.os.readlinkZ (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bab3c1 in _std.os.readlink (???)
???:?:?: 0x104bab042 in _std.fs.readLinkAbsolute (???)
???:?:?: 0x104ba4c73 in _loggyUpdateSymlink (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6a0b1 in _setDefaultCompiler (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b67251 in _fetchCompiler (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b6302d in _main2 (???)
???:?:?: 0x104b61b3a in _main.0 (???)

[Nova-archx86]

I'm experiencing a very similar issue over on Arch linux using the package from the AUR. The error in this case is AccessDenied, however I know that I for sure have read, write, and execute permissions in these directories... Its also worth mentioning that I get the same error when installing zig from the master branch.

install directory '/home/nova/zig'
mkdir '/home/nova/zig'
rm -rf '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing'
mkdir '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing'
downloading 'https://ziglang.org/download/0.10.1/zig-linux-x86_64-0.10.1.tar.xz' to '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing/zig-linux-x86_64-0.10.1.tar.xz'
[RUN] tar xf /home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing/zig-linux-x86_64-0.10.1.tar.xz -C /home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing
rm -rf '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing/zig-linux-x86_64-0.10.1.tar.xz'
mv '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing/zig-linux-x86_64-0.10.1' '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing/files'
mv '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1.installing' '/home/nova/zig/0.10.1'
error: AccessDenied
???:?:?: 0x229461 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x23f7cd in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x22b64c in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x229461 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2a1b21 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2a15ec in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x29c239 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x24bdfc in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2498ff in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x246f21 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x243c2c in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x25f734 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x254728 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x260d9d in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x260d9d in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x26ab5e in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x2574b7 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x23f7cd in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x22b64c in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x229461 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x23f7cd in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x22b64c in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x229461 in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x23f7cd in ??? (???)
???:?:?: 0x22b64c in ??? (???)

[marler8997]

@benjiqq I tried zigup 0.11.0-dev.3771+128fd7dd0 on my m1 laptop but it worked. What MacOS version are you on and is it arm or x86?

[benjiqq]

MacBook Air 2022, Apple M2, MacOS Ventura 13.0 (22A380)

[sahyrlelyaams]

@benjiqq - may I suggest installing the latest pre-built binaries from v2023_07_27?

This worked for me to get zigup running as expected.

[marler8997]

It looks like this problem was caused by having a directory named "zig" that lived alongside the zigup executable. zigup attempts to make zig a symlink but it's already a directory and can't overwrite it. I've pushed a change (#111) to provide a helpful error message in this case:

unable to create the exe link, the path '/path/to/zig' is a directory