# Current git version fails cmake on MacOS

**URL:** <https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/current-git-version-fails-cmake-on-macos/9382>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/current-git-version-fails-cmake-on-macos/9382 "2025-11-15T07:52:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![mgondan1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/swi-prolog.discourse.group/mgondan1/32/803_2.png) [@mgondan1](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/mgondan1)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 7:52am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/current-git-version-fails-cmake-on-macos/9382/1 "2025-11-15T07:52:12Z")

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Dear Mac users, dear Jan,

> **[macOS build result for 1763147165-10eb00ebb8a2653a](https://mac.r-project.org/macbuilder/results/1763147165-10eb00ebb8a2653a/)**

Do you see this error too? It is the current git head from swipl-devel. Happens only very recently.

Best wishes,

Matthias

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**Author:** ![jan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/swi-prolog.discourse.group/jan/32/4_2.png) [@jan](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/current-git-version-fails-cmake-on-macos/9382/2 "2025-11-15T11:38:34Z")

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Digging deep into the report, we find

> CMake Error at cmake/port/Darwin.cmake:78 (message):  
> Invalid MACOSX\_DEPENDENCIES\_FROM: HomebrewOpt

I removed that. Now the syntax is simply `-DMACOSX_DEPENDENCIES_FROM=Homebrew`. If this poses problems, I can restore the old `HomebrewOpt` as alias. Or you can update this in the build. Let me know what you prefer.

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**Author:** ![mgondan1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/swi-prolog.discourse.group/mgondan1/32/803_2.png) [@mgondan1](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/u/mgondan1)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/current-git-version-fails-cmake-on-macos/9382/3 "2025-11-15T14:14:23Z")

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Thanks. I added the cmake switch, it’s working again.
