What the developer wrote
Authored by Julian
macos exclude arch
What changed, and why it matters
This commit changes the macOS app build settings to exclude the older Intel x86_64 processor architecture. It only affects how the app is compiled for Apple Silicon Macs and does not appear to be a security fix. There is no evidence of a vulnerability being patched.
No security action required. Treat as a routine build-configuration change. If maintaining universal binary support is desired, review whether excluding x86_64 is intentional and document the rationale.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The patch adds EXCLUDED_ARCHS = x86_64 to three build configurations (Debug, Profile, Release) in the macOS Runner Xcode project template. This prevents the resulting binary from being built for or running natively on x86_64-based Macs, likely to avoid build/linker issues when dependencies lack Intel slices or when targeting Apple Silicon only. No code logic, entitlements, sandboxing, signing, or dependency versions are changed.
Changed components
scripts/app_config/templates/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxprojInspect captured patch +3 / −0
diff --git a/scripts/app_config/templates/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/scripts/app_config/templates/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 6769f9c..d6cb54f 100644
--- a/scripts/app_config/templates/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/scripts/app_config/templates/macos/Runner.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@
CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = Runner/DebugProfile.entitlements;
CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
+ EXCLUDED_ARCHS = x86_64;
FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
"$(inherited)",
"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/ReachabilitySwift\"",
@@ -712,6 +713,7 @@
CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = Runner/DebugProfile.entitlements;
CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
+ EXCLUDED_ARCHS = x86_64;
FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
"$(inherited)",
"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/ReachabilitySwift\"",
@@ -753,6 +755,7 @@
CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = Runner/Release.entitlements;
CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
+ EXCLUDED_ARCHS = x86_64;
FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS = (
"$(inherited)",
"\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/ReachabilitySwift\"",
Why this scored 15/100
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