Problems with `est-idf-sys` on Mac m1 while building rust template example

[samutigro]

I had problems with est-idf-sys on my Mac m1 while building rust template example, every time I tried to build the project it was failing with this error:

error: failed to run custom build command for esp-idf-sys v0.34.1`

Caused by:
process didn't exit successfully: /Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-5ad39a82e35dc1cd/build-script-build (exit status: 101)
--- stdout
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_SDKCONFIG
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_SDKCONFIG_DEFAULTS
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=MCU
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_SYS_ROOT_CRATE
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_VERSION
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_REPOSITORY
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_CMAKE_GENERATOR
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=IDF_PATH
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=EXTRA-COMPONENTS
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_COMPONENTS
cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=ESP_IDF_COMPONENT_MANAGER
cargo:rerun-if-changed=/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/sdkconfig.defaults
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_xtensa-esp32-espidf = None
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH_xtensa_esp32_espidf = None
TARGET_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = None
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH = None
CMAKE_xtensa-esp32-espidf = None
CMAKE_xtensa_esp32_espidf = None
TARGET_CMAKE = None
CMAKE = None
running: cd "/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out/build" && CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="" EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS="" IDF_COMPONENT_MANAGER="1" IDF_PATH="/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf" IDF_TARGET="esp32" PATH="/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf/components/espcoredump:/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf/components/partition_table:/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf/components/app_update:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20231023/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20231023/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/riscv32-esp-elf/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/esp32ulp-elf/2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20230921/openocd-esp32/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20231023/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/12.1_20231023/riscv32-esp-elf-gdb/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/riscv32-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/riscv32-esp-elf/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/esp32ulp-elf/2.35_20220830/esp32ulp-elf/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/openocd-esp32/v0.12.0-esp32-20230921/openocd-esp32/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/python_env/idf5.2_py3.10_env/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf/tools:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.cargo/bin:/Library/flutter/bin:/Users/samueleauteri/.rvm/bin" PROJECT_DIR="/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template" SDKCONFIG_DEFAULTS="/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out/gen-sdkconfig.defaults;/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/sdkconfig.defaults" "cmake" "/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out" "-G" "Ninja" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/toolchain-esp32.cmake" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=" "-DPYTHON=/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/python_env/idf5.2_py3.10_env/bin/python" "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out" "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS= -mlongcalls -Wno-frame-address -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections --target=xtensa-esp32-espidf" "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS= -mlongcalls -Wno-frame-address -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections --target=xtensa-esp32-espidf" "-DCMAKE_ASM_FLAGS= -mlongcalls -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections --target=xtensa-esp32-espidf"
-- Found Git: /opt/homebrew/bin/git (found version "2.44.0")
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 13.2.0
-- The ASM compiler identification is GNU
-- Found assembler: /Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - failed
-- Check for working C compiler: /Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc
-- Check for working C compiler: /Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc - broken
-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

--- stderr
Build configuration: BuildConfig {
esp_idf_tools_install_dir: None,
esp_idf_sdkconfig: None,
esp_idf_sdkconfig_defaults: None,
mcu: Some(
"esp32",
),
native: NativeConfig {
esp_idf_version: Some(
Tag(
"v5.2",
),
),
esp_idf_repository: None,
esp_idf_cmake_generator: None,
idf_path: Some(
"/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf",
),
extra_components: [],
esp_idf_components: None,
esp_idf_component_manager: None,
},
esp_idf_sys_root_crate: None,
}
Using activated esp-idf v5.2.0 environment at '/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf'
CMake Error at /opt/homebrew/Cellar/cmake/3.28.3/share/cmake/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:67 (message):
The C compiler

  "/Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc"

is not able to compile a simple test program.

It fails with the following output:

  Change Dir: '/Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-5oGRPm'
  
  Run Build Command(s): /opt/homebrew/bin/ninja -v cmTC_26079
  [1/2] /Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc   -mlongcalls -Wno-frame-address  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections --target=xtensa-esp32-espidf -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_26079.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj -c /Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-5oGRPm/testCCompiler.c
  FAILED: CMakeFiles/cmTC_26079.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj 
  /Users/samueleauteri/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf/esp-13.2.0_20230928/xtensa-esp-elf/bin/xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc   -mlongcalls -Wno-frame-address  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections --target=xtensa-esp32-espidf -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_26079.dir/testCCompiler.c.obj -c /Users/samueleauteri/Desktop/Rust/template/target/xtensa-esp32-espidf/debug/build/esp-idf-sys-e7fbd4070e43cbc1/out/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-5oGRPm/testCCompiler.c
  xtensa-esp-elf-gcc: error: unrecognized command-line option '--target=xtensa-esp32-espidf'
  ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
  
  



CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.

Call Stack (most recent call first):
/Users/samueleauteri/esp/esp-idf/tools/cmake/project.cmake:506 (__project)
CMakeLists.txt:28 (project)

thread 'main' panicked at /Users/samueleauteri/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/cmake-0.1.50/src/lib.rs:1098:5:

command did not execute successfully, got: exit status: 1

build script failed, must exit now
note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 environment variable to display a backtrace`

I made it work following https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-idf-sys/issues/287

[patch.crates-io]
cc = { git = "https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs", tag = "1.0.83" }

this + a cargo update fixed everything

[NobodyXu]

Thanks for reporting, may I ask what command is used and how to reproduce it?

[samutigro]

Thanks for reporting, may I ask what command is used and how to reproduce it?

i was using this template https://github.com/esp-rs/esp-idf-template and I was failing after launching cargo build

[NobodyXu]

@samutigro can you try cc::Build::no_default_flags (can be set by environment variables CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS)?

[madsmtm]

Am having the same issue, can confirm that compiling with CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS=1 works.

[NobodyXu]

It seems like #1000 might fix this issue, can anyone have a try of that PR please?

[jwhitlark]

I ran into this issue while following the embedded rust on Espressif tutorial, specifically here. I confirm that CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS=1 cargo run works, and flashes the board and correctly starts it.