Pass headerpad_max_install_names to linker

kraenhansen · kraenhansen · commit afdbd861afc8 · 2026-02-01T15:51:30.000+01:00
diff --git a/.changeset/clear-peas-fly.md b/.changeset/clear-peas-fly.md
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+---
+"cmake-rn": patch
+---
+
+Fix auto-linking failures due to lack of padding when renaming install name of libraries, by passing headerpad_max_install_names argument to linker.
diff --git a/packages/cmake-rn/src/platforms/apple.ts b/packages/cmake-rn/src/platforms/apple.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ export const platform: Platform<Triplet[], AppleOpts> = {
               CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME: CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAMES[triplet],
               CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT: XCODE_SDK_NAMES[triplet],
               CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES: APPLE_ARCHITECTURES[triplet],
+              // Passing a linker flag to increase the header pad size to allow renaming the install name when linking it into the app.
+              CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS: "-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names",
             },
             {
               // Setting the output directories works around an issue with Xcode generator

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 +"cmake-rn": patch
 +---
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 +Fix auto-linking failures due to lack of padding when renaming install name of libraries, by passing headerpad_max_install_names argument to linker.
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`@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ export const platform: Platform<Triplet[], AppleOpts> = {`
`278`	`278`	`CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME: CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAMES[triplet],`
`279`	`279`	`CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT: XCODE_SDK_NAMES[triplet],`
`280`	`280`	`CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES: APPLE_ARCHITECTURES[triplet],`
	`281`	`+ // Passing a linker flag to increase the header pad size to allow renaming the install name when linking it into the app.`
	`282`	`+ CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS: "-Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names",`
`281`	`283`	`},`
`282`	`284`	`{`
`283`	`285`	`// Setting the output directories works around an issue with Xcode generator`