Added workaround for "dyld: Symbol not found: _utimensat" issue for macOS < 10.13 // Resolve platformio#70

Author: ivankravets

get-platformio.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import platform
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 
 import click
 
@@ -113,6 +114,12 @@ def check():
     except ImportError:
         raise exception.DistutilsNotFound()
 
+    # portable Python 3 for macOS is not compatible with macOS < 10.13
+    # https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core-installer/issues/70
+    if util.IS_MACOS and sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmpfile:
+            os.utime(tmpfile.name)
+
     if not util.IS_WINDOWS:
         return True
 

pioinstaller/python.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import requests
 
 IS_WINDOWS = sys.platform.lower().startswith("win")
+IS_MACOS = sys.platform.lower() == "darwin"
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)