Xmake fails to build a hello world zig project without manually specifying the zig toolchain, despite zig being in PATH #7372
Description
Xmake Version
3.0.7+20260304
Operating System Version and Architecture
Linux fedora 6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Oct 6 15:37:21 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Describe Bug
Xmake fails to use zig from PATH, despite finding it
error: cannot get program for zc
Expected Behavior
According to the documentation, xmake should use zig from PATH.
Project Configuration
add_rules("mode.debug", "mode.release")
add_requires("zig")
target("hello")
set_kind("binary")
add_files("src/*.zig")Additional Information and Error Logs
~/dev/hello via 🌙
❯ xmake f -c -v
checking for platform ... linux
checking for architecture ... x86_64
checking for gcc ... /usr/bin/gcc
checking for nim ... no
checking for git ... /usr/bin/git
checking for gzip ... /usr/bin/gzip
checking for tar ... /usr/bin/tar
/usr/bin/git rev-parse HEAD
checking for zig ... no
checking for zig ... /usr/bin/zig
configure
{
plat = linux
clean = true
kind = static
builddir = build
arch = x86_64
mode = release
host = linux
ccache = true
ndk_stdcxx = true
}
~/dev/hello via 🌙
❯ xmake
error: cannot get program for zc