Building wxGTK 3.2 under macOS doesn't work

[barracuda156]

Could someone advise on a procedure to build wxWidgets 3.2 with GTK/X11 on macOS, without any Cocoa/ObjC?
wxWidgets 3.0 worked nicely with GTK, but 3.2 somehow violates configure setup and forces Cocoa files which fail to compile on anything but very recent macOS versions.

(To be clear, I am not asking to fix anything, I just want to understand an appropriate approach.)

[vadz]

Using configure --with-gtk should work but this is really not the right place for discussing this -- please use mailing list, forum or IRC for support requests and only use the issue tracker for reporting issues in wxWidgets itself.

Thanks!

[barracuda156]

@vadz To be honest it looks like a bug in wxWidgets, since it also fails on macOS 14 with clang:

/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_svacchanda_SonomaPorts_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/work/wxWidgets-3.2.4/build/bk-deps /usr/bin/clang++ -std=gnu++11 -c -o basedll_evtloop_cf.o     -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_svacchanda_SonomaPorts_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/work/wxWidgets-3.2.4/build/lib/wx/include/gtk3-unicode-3.2 -I../include -I/opt/local/include -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include  -D__WXGTK__      -DWXBUILDING -DwxUSE_GUI=0 -DWXMAKINGDLL_BASE -DwxUSE_BASE=1 -dynamic -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -Wundef -Wunused-parameter -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-deprecated-declarations -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0/unix-print -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/opt/local/include/SDL2 -I/opt/local/include/libsecret-1 -pipe -Os -stdlib=libc++ -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -arch arm64 -fno-common  -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -I/opt/local/include -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -pipe -Os -stdlib=libc++ -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -arch arm64 ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp
In file included from ../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:22:
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:56: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'; did you mean 'wxCFStringRef'?
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                                                       ^~~~~~~~~~~
                                                       wxCFStringRef
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: 'wxCFStringRef' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:22:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:17:
../include/wx/osx/core/cfref.h:372:13: error: field has incomplete type 'wxCFStringRef'
    refType m_ptr;
            ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:47: note: in instantiation of template class 'wxCFRef<wxCFStringRef>' requested here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                                              ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: definition of 'wxCFStringRef' is not complete until the closing '}'
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:51:19: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'; did you mean 'wxCFStringRef'?
    wxCFStringRef(CFStringRef ref)
                  ^~~~~~~~~~~
                  wxCFStringRef
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: 'wxCFStringRef' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:51:31: error: copy constructor must pass its first argument by reference
    wxCFStringRef(CFStringRef ref)
                              ^
                              const &
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:67:31: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'; did you mean 'wxCFStringRef'?
    static wxString AsString( CFStringRef ref, wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT ) ;
                              ^~~~~~~~~~~
                              wxCFStringRef
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: 'wxCFStringRef' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:68:53: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'; did you mean 'wxCFStringRef'?
    static wxString AsStringWithNormalizationFormC( CFStringRef ref, wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT ) ;
                                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~
                                                    wxCFStringRef
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: 'wxCFStringRef' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:52:20: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'; did you mean 'wxCFStringRef'?
        : wxCFRef< CFStringRef >(ref)
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~
                   wxCFStringRef
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: 'wxCFStringRef' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:52:11: error: type 'wxCFRef<wxCFStringRef>' is not a direct or virtual base of 'wxCFStringRef'
        : wxCFRef< CFStringRef >(ref)
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:57:20: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'; did you mean 'wxCFStringRef'?
        : wxCFRef< CFStringRef >(otherRef)
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~
                   wxCFStringRef
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:34:24: note: 'wxCFStringRef' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxCFStringRef : public wxCFRef< CFStringRef >
                       ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:57:11: error: type 'wxCFRef<wxCFStringRef>' is not a direct or virtual base of 'wxCFStringRef'
        : wxCFRef< CFStringRef >(otherRef)
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:85:43: error: unknown type name 'CFStringRef'
inline wxCFStringRef wxCFStringRefFromGet(CFStringRef p)
                                          ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:21:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:23:
../include/wx/osx/core/cfarray.h:56:14: error: unknown type name 'WX_NSArray'
    operator WX_NSArray() { return (WX_NSArray) this->get(); }
             ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:21:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:43:22: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_IPHONE' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#if ( !wxUSE_GUI && !wxOSX_USE_IPHONE ) || wxOSX_USE_COCOA_OR_CARBON
                     ^
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:594:9: error: use of undeclared identifier 'reset'
        reset( wxCFRetain( CFSTR("") ) );
        ^
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:617:13: error: use of undeclared identifier 'reset'
            reset( ref );
            ^
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:621:13: error: use of undeclared identifier 'reset'
            reset( wxCFRetain( CFSTR("") ) );
            ^
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:630:25: error: out-of-line definition of 'AsStringWithNormalizationFormC' does not match any declaration in 'wxCFStringRef'
wxString wxCFStringRef::AsStringWithNormalizationFormC( CFStringRef ref, wxFontEncoding encoding )
                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:637:35: error: no matching member function for call to 'AsString'
    wxString str = wxCFStringRef::AsString(cfMutableString,encoding);
                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:67:21: note: candidate function not viable: cannot convert argument of incomplete type 'CFMutableStringRef' (aka '__CFString *') to 'wxCFStringRef' for 1st argument
    static wxString AsString( CFStringRef ref, wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT ) ;
                    ^
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:65:14: note: candidate function not viable: allows at most single argument 'encoding', but 2 arguments were provided
    wxString AsString( wxFontEncoding encoding = wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT ) const;
             ^
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:642:25: error: out-of-line definition of 'AsString' does not match any declaration in 'wxCFStringRef'
wxString wxCFStringRef::AsString( CFStringRef ref, wxFontEncoding WXUNUSED_IN_UNICODE(encoding) )
                        ^~~~~~~~
../src/osx/core/cfstring.cpp:688:22: error: use of undeclared identifier 'get'
    return AsString( get(), encoding );
                     ^
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_svacchanda_SonomaPorts_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/work/wxWidgets-3.2.4/build/bk-deps /usr/bin/clang++ -std=gnu++11 -c -o basedll_strconv_cf.o     -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_svacchanda_SonomaPorts_graphics_wxWidgets-3.2/wxWidgets-3.2/work/wxWidgets-3.2.4/build/lib/wx/include/gtk3-unicode-3.2 -I../include -I/opt/local/include -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include  -D__WXGTK__      -DWXBUILDING -DwxUSE_GUI=0 -DWXMAKINGDLL_BASE -DwxUSE_BASE=1 -dynamic -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -Wundef -Wunused-parameter -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-deprecated-declarations -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0/unix-print -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -D_THREAD_SAFE -I/opt/local/include/SDL2 -I/opt/local/include/libsecret-1 -pipe -Os -stdlib=libc++ -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -arch arm64 -fno-common  -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -I/opt/local/include -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -pipe -Os -stdlib=libc++ -isysroot/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk -arch arm64 ../src/osx/core/strconv_cf.cpp
18 errors generated.
make: *** [basedll_cfstring.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:48: error: use of undeclared identifier 'NSString'; did you mean 'cString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                                               ^~~~~~~~
                                               cString
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Headers/ASRegistry.h:212:3: note: 'cString' declared here
  cString                       = cStringClass /* old name for cStringClass - can't be used in .r files*/
  ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:21:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:58: error: use of undeclared identifier 'nsstring'; did you mean 'cString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                                                         ^~~~~~~~
                                                         cString
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Headers/ASRegistry.h:212:3: note: 'cString' declared here
  cString                       = cStringClass /* old name for cStringClass - can't be used in .r files*/
  ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:21:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:27: error: calling a private constructor of class 'wxString'
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                          ^
../include/wx/string.h:324:3: note: declared private here
  wxString(int);
  ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:21:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:66:18: error: unknown type name 'NSString'; did you mean 'wxString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE NSString* wxNSStringWithWxString(const wxString &wxstring);
                 ^~~~~~~~
                 wxString
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:25:28: note: 'wxString' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxString;
                           ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:21:
../include/wx/osx/private.h:6:5: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_IPHONE' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#if wxOSX_USE_IPHONE
    ^
../include/wx/osx/private.h:8:7: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_COCOA' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#elif wxOSX_USE_COCOA
      ^
3 warnings and 5 errors generated.
make: *** [basedll_core_mimetype.o] Error 1
In file included from ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp:34:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:23:
../include/wx/osx/core/cfarray.h:56:14: error: unknown type name 'WX_NSArray'
    operator WX_NSArray() { return (WX_NSArray) this->get(); }
             ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp:34:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:43:22: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_IPHONE' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#if ( !wxUSE_GUI && !wxOSX_USE_IPHONE ) || wxOSX_USE_COCOA_OR_CARBON
                     ^
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:48: error: use of undeclared identifier 'NSString'; did you mean 'cString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                                               ^~~~~~~~
                                               cString
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Headers/ASRegistry.h:212:3: note: 'cString' declared here
  cString                       = cStringClass /* old name for cStringClass - can't be used in .r files*/
  ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp:34:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:58: error: use of undeclared identifier 'nsstring'; did you mean 'cString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                                                         ^~~~~~~~
                                                         cString
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX14.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Headers/ASRegistry.h:212:3: note: 'cString' declared here
  cString                       = cStringClass /* old name for cStringClass - can't be used in .r files*/
  ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp:34:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:27: error: calling a private constructor of class 'wxString'
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                          ^
../include/wx/string.h:324:3: note: declared private here
  wxString(int);
  ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp:34:
In file included from ../include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
../include/wx/osx/core/private.h:66:18: error: unknown type name 'NSString'; did you mean 'wxString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE NSString* wxNSStringWithWxString(const wxString &wxstring);
                 ^~~~~~~~
                 wxString
../include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:25:28: note: 'wxString' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxString;
                           ^
In file included from ../src/osx/core/evtloop_cf.cpp:34:
../include/wx/osx/private.h:6:5: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_IPHONE' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#if wxOSX_USE_IPHONE
    ^
../include/wx/osx/private.h:8:7: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_COCOA' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#elif wxOSX_USE_COCOA
      ^
3 warnings and 5 errors generated.
make: *** [basedll_evtloop_cf.o] Error 1

(Initially I tried on 10.6 for ppc, that failed, but that is not an officially supported system; however, Sonoma is supposed to be supported, I believe.)

[oneeyeman1]

@barracuda156 , what is your exact configure line? And if you don't want OSX - you can use any system.

[vadz]

Assuming you did use --with-gtk, this indeed looks like a bug.

I can't test this easily because I don't have GTK on my Mac (and don't really want to install it there), but it looks like CoreFoundation headers are not getting included.

[barracuda156]

@vadz Ok, for the sake of making sure, I cloned the master, updated modules and ran whatever the defaults configure has. It failed:

/Users/svacchanda/Develop/wxWidgets/bk-deps g++ -std=gnu++11 -mmacosx-version-min=10.10 -c -o basedll_core_mimetype.o     -I/Users/svacchanda/Develop/wxWidgets/lib/wx/include/gtk3-unicode-3.3 -I./include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include  -D__WXGTK__      -DWXBUILDING -DwxUSE_GUI=0 -DWXMAKINGDLL_BASE -DwxUSE_BASE=1 -dynamic -fPIC -DPIC -Wall -Wundef -Wunused-parameter -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Woverloaded-virtual -O2 -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0/unix-print -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/libsecret-1 -I/opt/local/include/gstreamer-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/orc-0.4 -fno-common  -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden   ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp
In file included from ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:20:
In file included from ./include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
In file included from ./include/wx/osx/core/private.h:22:
./include/wx/osx/core/cfarray.h:55:14: error: unknown type name 'WX_NSArray'
    operator WX_NSArray() { return (WX_NSArray) this->get(); }
             ^
In file included from ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:20:
In file included from ./include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
./include/wx/osx/core/private.h:42:22: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_IPHONE' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#if ( !wxUSE_GUI && !wxOSX_USE_IPHONE ) || wxOSX_USE_COCOA_OR_CARBON
                     ^
./include/wx/osx/core/private.h:64:48: error: use of undeclared identifier 'NSString'; did you mean 'cString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                                               ^~~~~~~~
                                               cString
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Headers/ASRegistry.h:212:3: note: 'cString' declared here
  cString                       = cStringClass /* old name for cStringClass - can't be used in .r files*/
  ^
In file included from ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:20:
In file included from ./include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
./include/wx/osx/core/private.h:64:58: error: use of undeclared identifier 'nsstring'; did you mean 'cString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                                                         ^~~~~~~~
                                                         cString
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Headers/ASRegistry.h:212:3: note: 'cString' declared here
  cString                       = cStringClass /* old name for cStringClass - can't be used in .r files*/
  ^
In file included from ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:20:
In file included from ./include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
./include/wx/osx/core/private.h:64:27: error: calling a private constructor of class 'wxString'
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxString wxStringWithNSString(NSString *nsstring);
                          ^
./include/wx/string.h:381:3: note: declared private here
  wxString(int);
  ^
In file included from ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:20:
In file included from ./include/wx/osx/private.h:4:
./include/wx/osx/core/private.h:65:18: error: unknown type name 'NSString'; did you mean 'wxString'?
WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE NSString* wxNSStringWithWxString(const wxString &wxstring);
                 ^~~~~~~~
                 wxString
./include/wx/osx/core/cfstring.h:24:28: note: 'wxString' declared here
class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxString;
                           ^
In file included from ./src/osx/core/mimetype.cpp:20:
./include/wx/osx/private.h:6:5: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_IPHONE' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#if wxOSX_USE_IPHONE
    ^
./include/wx/osx/private.h:8:7: warning: 'wxOSX_USE_COCOA' is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
#elif wxOSX_USE_COCOA
      ^
3 warnings and 5 errors generated.
make: *** [basedll_core_mimetype.o] Error 1

Specifically, I did just this:

cd /Users/svacchanda/Develop/wxWidgets/
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:sbin
git submodule update --init
./configure --with-gtk=3
make

(Originally I tried from Macports, just editing the portfile to use GTK (since Macports’s wxGTK-3.0 builds and works perfectly fine), but it is confirmed to fail outside of Macports too.)

[barracuda156]

This looks very wrong by the way:

% ./configure --with-gtk=3
checking build system type... aarch64-apple-darwin23.4.0
checking host system type... aarch64-apple-darwin23.4.0
checking for toolkit... gtk
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether we are using the Intel C compiler... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /opt/local/bin/ggrep
checking for egrep... /opt/local/bin/ggrep -E
checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking whether we are using the Intel C++ compiler... no
checking whether we are using the IBM xlC C++ compiler... no
checking whether g++ supports C++11 features by default... no
checking whether g++ supports C++11 features with -std=gnu++11... yes
checking for ar... ar
checking if C compiler (gcc -mmacosx-version-min=10.10) works with SDK/version options... yes
checking if C++ compiler (g++ -std=gnu++11 -mmacosx-version-min=10.10) works with SDK/version options... yes
checking if CoreFoundation/CFBase.h is usable... yes

macOS 10.10 had no arm64 in SDK. The earliest sensible SDK specifically for arm64 is macOS 11.

[vadz]

Sorry, it looks like this is genuinely broken. I think I know how to fix the WX_NSArray error (this needs to be defined for __APPLE__ and not just __WXMAC__ in `wx/defs.h), but the other ones look less clear and I'm probably not going to be able to do it blindly. Somebody actually interested in using wxGTK under macOS would have to look at it.

As for aarch64 in configure output, this is just what config.guess returns, and it's probably correct (at least if you do have an ARM Mac), this is unrelated to the target arch which can/must still be x86_64.