[New-bugs-announce] [issue43052] _dyld_shared_cache_contains_path needs SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0

[Isuru Fernando]

New submission from Isuru Fernando <isuruf at gmail.com>:

In macOS Big Sur, if the executable was compiled with MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.15
or below, then SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 is the default which means that Big Sur
reports itself as 10.16 which in turn means that __builtin_available(macOS 11.0)
will not be triggered.

This can be observed by using the python 3.9.1 universal2 installer and using it on
x86_64 Big Sur or with Rossetta 2 on arm64 Big Sur. (Not an issue with native arm64
as that part is compiled with MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0)

Original issue is that the following returned None.
SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 arch -x86_64 /usr/local/bin/python3 -c "from ctypes.util import find_library; print(find_library('AppKit'))"

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messages: 385845
nosy: isuruf, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
pull_requests: 23185
severity: normal
status: open
title: _dyld_shared_cache_contains_path needs SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=0

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