From e03347f1da6b8642e80bae70011549189413a47b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ash Cripps Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 11:05:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: update min mac ver + move mac arm64 to tier 1 Update the minimum macos version that can compile to match the xcode requirements. Also move mac arm64 to tier 1. refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/39584#issuecomment-889701855 --- BUILDING.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md index 6f54601b5a078c..06cfaff6052bb4 100644 --- a/BUILDING.md +++ b/BUILDING.md @@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below. | Windows | x86 (native) | >= Windows 8.1/2012 R2 | Tier 1 (running) / Experimental (compiling) [6](#fn6) | | | Windows | x64, x86 | Windows Server 2012 (not R2) | Experimental | | | Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | | -| macOS | x64 | >= 10.13 | Tier 1 | | -| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Experimental | | +| macOS | x64 | >= 10.13 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see [8](#fn8) | +| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | | | SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | | | AIX | ppc64be >=power7 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | | | FreeBSD | x64 | >= 11 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 [7](#fn7) | @@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ may not be possible. FreeBSD 12.1 upgrades to 8.0.1. Other Clang/LLVM versions are available via the system's package manager, including Clang 9.0. +8: Our macOS x64 Binaries are compiled with 10.13 as a target. +However there is no guarantee compiling on 10.13 will work as Xcode11 is +required to compile. + ### Supported toolchains Depending on the host platform, the selection of toolchains may vary.