Cannot find libfdb_c.dylib on macos with latest versions of nodejs

[josephg]

There's an issue in the bleeding edge versions of nodejs where the module loader can't find libfdb_c.dylib. Apparently the issue is due to notarization being turned on in the nodejs release process, which ads additional security sandboxing to the node process.

I've started a fdb forum topic about the issue. Hopefully folks at Apple have some thoughts on how to solve this.

This bug is not related to any particular version of this library - its kind of an upstream issue, though if there's reasonable workarounds we can put in place I'll do that.

Affected versions:

• Node 13.12.0: fails / 13.11.0: works
• Node 12.16.2: fails / 12.16.1: works
• Node 10.20.0: fails / 10.19.0: works

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Workarounds:

If you're running into this issue, you can do any of the following to get things working while we figure out a better solution:

• Downgrade to one of the working versions of nodejs listed above. (At time of writing I recommend 12.16.1 or earlier).
• Add DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib to the environment variables before the node process is run. You'll also need this when you npm install foundationdb.
• Copy /usr/local/lib/libfdb_c.dylib to the working directory you're invoking node commands from. You'll need to do this before running npm install.

[josephg]

I don't think this is going to be resolved any time soon. It might make sense to just add some mitigation recommendations into the error message on macos and close this issue :/