bug(forge build): forge build fails during patch for solc>=0.8.24 (on NixOS?)

[benSepanski]

Component

Forge

Have you ensured that all of these are up to date?

• Foundry
• Foundryup

What version of Foundry are you on?

forge 0.3.0 (017c59d 2025-01-14T00:23:15.391167000Z)

What version of Foundryup are you on?

foundryup: 0.3.0

What command(s) is the bug in?

forge build

Operating System

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Describe the bug

mkdir myProj
cd myProj
forge init
forge install
forge build

Results in the following error:

[⠊] Compiling...
[⠒] Compiling 27 files with Solc 0.8.28
[⠘] Installing Solc version 0.8.28
[⠃] Failed to install Solc 0.8.28: Unable to patch solc binary for nixos. stdout: . stderr: patchelf: not an ELF executable

Error: Unable to patch solc binary for nixos. stdout: . stderr: patchelf: not an ELF executable

However, this error disappears if I set the solidity version to 0.8.23 or lower in the foundry.toml. I am using the solc downloaded from brew (today), and have tried with both stable and nightly foundry.

[benSepanski]

Note: I have also tried installing and re-installing foundry, and building from source locally.

I did brew install libusb, and have tried this PR #9260 based on this issue #545, but continued to hit the same error.

[zerosnacks]

Hi @benSepanski

From the error it appears you are running NixOS? Is this correct?

Possibly related: #545

[benSepanski]

Thanks! I do have nix on my system, but for a different application. I am trying to not use it for foundry, though I guess svm-rs does not give me much of an option

https://github.com/alloy-rs/svm-rs/blob/dd58346a22afaa1937647dedfbab95619872e2d5/crates/svm-rs/src/platform.rs#L45-L47

I've tried some of the solutions recommended in #545, but did not have the error messages they did, and the solutions did not work for me