Darwin+Podman: Unable to cross-compile
Author: skittishdevCreated Nov 1, 2024Updated Aug 5, 2026
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Describe your issue
cross doesn't work when I try to use it with podman (even if I set the CROSS_CONTAINER_ENGINE=podman env variable) on my Mac/M2. But the same project cross compiles successfully with docker.
What target(s) are you cross-compiling for?
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
Which operating system is the host (e.g computer cross is on) running?
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux / BSD
- other OS (specify in description)
What architecture is the host?
- x86_64 / AMD64
- arm32
- arm64 (including Mac M1)
What container engine is cross using?
- docker
- podman
- other container engine (specify in description)
cross version
cross 0.2.5 (4090bec 2024-10-15)
Example
I have both docker and podman installed on my Mac. My Docker Desktop application is not running.
ps -ef | grep docker
503 68715 69102 0 5:05PM ttys007 0:00.00 grep dockerpodman machine init --cpus=8 --disk-size=64 --memory=24576 foo
podman machine start foo
CROSS_CONTAINER_ENGINE=podman cross build --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --releaseThis results in an error like so:
Error:
0: /proc/self/mountinfo is unavailable when target_os != linux
Location:
src/docker/shared.rs:1354Additional information / notes
Cross works just fine with Docker. The command below results in a successful build when my Docker Desktop application is running in the background.
cross build --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --releaseI installed cross as specified in the docs: https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/blob/main/docs/getting-started.md#installing-cross-1
Source: cross-rs/cross