@parcel/rust v2.13.0 now appears to require GLIBC_2.29

[paulbrimicombe]

🐛 bug report

• With @parcel/rust v2.12.0 parcel runs fine on an OS that uses GLIBC_2.28 (e.g. Rocky Linux 8)

• With @parcel/rust v2.13.0 parcel fails with the following error:

  Error: /lib64/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /<SNIP>/node_modules/@parcel/rust/parcel-node-bindings.linux-x64-gnu.node)

🎛 Configuration (.babelrc, package.json, cli command)

No babel or other special configuration required

🤔 Expected Behavior

Within a major semver version, parcel should continue to run in a given environment (GLIBC_2.28).

😯 Current Behavior

Parcel fails with a GLIBC version error on environments that use GLIBC_2.28

🔦 Context

We are unable to run parcel on our build environment

💻 Code Sample

Steps to reproduce:

• Start a Docker container that uses GLIBC_2.28: docker run -it rockylinux:8 /bin/bash
• Enable Node 18: dnf module -y enable nodejs:18
• Install Node 18: dnf install -y nodejs
• Navigate to a temporary directory: cd /tmp
• Initialise an NPM package: npm init -y
• Install parcel: npm install parcel
• Run parcel: node_modules/.bin/parcel
  • This will error with Error: /lib64/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.29' not found`
• Forcibly downgrade @parcel/rust by adding: "overrides": { "@parcel/rust": "2.12.0" } to the package.json file
• Run npm install
• Run parcel: node_modules/.bin/parcel
  • No errors related to GLIBC versions

🌍 Your Environment

Software	Version(s)
Parcel	2.13.2
Node	18
npm/Yarn	9
Operating System	Rocky Linux 8

[devongovett]

Probably due to #9849 and #9841. I believe the CentOS image we used to compile on no longer builds (CentOS is defunct). It is getting much harder to support these super old versions...

[paulbrimicombe]

It is getting much harder to support these super old versions...

While I agree that supporting a variety of OS versions is tricky, it's probably worth noting that Rocky 8 (a very widely used CentOS replacement / equivalent) is still in security support for another 4.5 years.

If you'd like any help replacing your CentOS image with some other RedHat Enterprise Linux 8 equivalent then do let me know.