Cross-platform APE build hangs with cosmocc/Wine on Linux

[aaronsb]

Problem

Building the way-match binary with Cosmopolitan (cosmocc) hangs indefinitely on Linux when Wine is involved. The mktemper step runs at ~37% CPU but never completes.

$ make -f tools/way-match/Makefile
/home/aaron/.cosmocc/bin/cosmocc -O2 -Itools/way-match -o bin/way-match ...
00b4:fixme:wineusb:query_id Unhandled ID query type 0x5.
# hangs here

The make local target (system cc) completes instantly.

Impact

• Release binaries are currently Linux x86-64 only (ELF), not cross-platform APE
• Other machines that clone the repo get no binary and fall back to NCD matching (see Make file output language configurable #33 screenshot context)

Current workaround

make -f tools/way-match/Makefile local builds a native Linux binary. This is attached to releases as an asset.

Desired outcome

Either:

1. Fix the cosmocc build so it produces a true APE binary (Linux + macOS + Windows in one file)
2. Or set up CI to build platform-specific binaries and attach them to releases

Environment

• Arch Linux 6.18.9
• cosmocc from cosmo.zip/pub/cosmocc/cosmocc.zip
• Wine is installed on the system

[aaronsb]

Closing — we moved away from cosmocc/APE builds. The ways CLI now cross-compiles via GitHub Actions CI for all 4 platforms (linux-x86_64, linux-aarch64, darwin-x86_64, darwin-arm64) with native Rust toolchains. Release binaries are published to GitHub Releases on tag push.