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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Static build on macOS fails beacuse the sources list for `libnode.a` is empty","articleBody":"### Version\n\nv26.4.0\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\narm64 macOS\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\nBuild system\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\nBuild with `./configure --enable-static \u003c...>`\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nAlways\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nBuild succeeds.\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\n```console\nrm -f \u003cnode_root>/out/Release/libnode.a && /opt/local/bin/python3.12 gyp-mac-tool filter-libtool libtool  -static -o \u003cnode_root>/out/Release/libnode.a \n\nerror: libtool: no files specified\nUsage: libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT] [-no_warning_for_no_symbols]\nUsage: libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] [-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table \u003cfilename>] [-seg_addr_table_filename \u003cfile_system_path>] [-all_load] [-noall_load]\n```\n\n### Additional information\n\nIn https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v26.4.0/node.gyp#L1087-L1113, no C++ `sources` are provided for `'target_name': '\u003c(node_lib_target_name)'`, so the arguments for `libtool` is empty (Should be bunch of `.o` files).\n\nCompare the `sources` list for  `'target_name': '\u003c(node_lib_target_name)'` in Node v25: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v25.9.0/node.gyp#L888-L913","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Xmader","@type":"Person","name":"Xmader"},"datePublished":"2026-08-04T18:23:56Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/65026"}