noahdunnagan/fsearch

Review signals: 1 connection review.

Reviewed as expected for a test run: package managers (rustup-init) downloaded dependencies over HTTPS; resolver address lookups that send no data; wrote only to its own open file handles.

Repository processes attempted these non-loopback connections; proxies can hide the final hostname. 8 distinct locations. 2 attributed processes.

OSV scanned supported lockfiles; unpinned dependencies and unsupported formats are outside this check.

A short run cannot establish that code is safe.

Connections show IP addresses; proxies can hide the final hostname.

Tracing covers dispatched commands and their children, not the whole OS; guest root can interfere with tracing.

Full safety evidence →

[
  {
    "status": "PASS",
    "details": {
      "working": false,
      "argv": [
        "<guest-path>",
        "build",
        "--release"
      ],
      "kind": "cli",
      "returncode": 101,
      "stdout": "",
      "stderr": " cannot find value `ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS` in crate `libc`\n   --> src/walk.rs:318:52\n    |\n318 |     al.dirattr = libc::ATTR_DIR_ENTRYCOUNT | libc::ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS;\n    |                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in `libc`\n\nerror[E0425]: cannot find value `ATTR_FILE_DATALENGTH` in crate `libc`\n   --> src/walk.rs:319:25\n    |\n319 |     al.fileattr = libc::ATTR_FILE_DATALENGTH;\n    |                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in `libc`\n\n[excerpt truncated]",
      "needs_credentials": false,
      "needs_browser": false,
      "scope": "partial: install"
    },
    "check": "install",
    "optional": false
  }
]

• fsearch is a whole-disk file search for macOS: The product targets macOS (getattrlistbulk, FSEvents, Apple Silicon release tarball). This Linux guest cannot build it: cargo build --release fails with 48 errors for missing macOS-only libc symbols such as ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS. No macOS host is available.

  Source: Whole-disk file search for macOS: names in about 0.1 ms, typo-tolerant,

  Observed: The product targets macOS (getattrlistbulk, FSEvents, Apple Silicon release tarball). This Linux guest cannot build it: cargo build --release fails with 48 errors for missing macOS-only libc symbols such as ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS. No macOS host is available.

• build from source with cargo, then install: Attempted the README build command on Linux x86_64 with Rust 1.99.1 and cc 13.3. It failed at compile time (exit 101), so ./target/release/fsearch was never produced and install could not run.

  Source: cargo build --release && ./target/release/fsearch install # -> ~/.local/bin/fsearch

  Observed: Attempted the README build command on Linux x86_64 with Rust 1.99.1 and cc 13.3. It failed at compile time (exit 101), so ./target/release/fsearch was never produced and install could not run.

Examples

• search by name and inside files with the CLI: The fsearch binary cannot be built on Linux (macOS-only APIs), so no CLI query could run. Tests in examples/*.rs need the crate built and were not run.

  Source: README.md Quick start / Queries

  Expected: documented command completes successfully

  Observed: The fsearch binary cannot be built on Linux (macOS-only APIs), so no CLI query could run. Tests in examples/*.rs need the crate built and were not run.

• MCP server for coding agents (fsearch mcp): Requires the built fsearch binary; blocked by the same Linux compile failure.

  Source: README.md API

  Expected: documented command completes successfully

  Observed: Requires the built fsearch binary; blocked by the same Linux compile failure.

Build fsearch from source with the README command and run it (CLI name search, content search, MCP server)

cd <guest-path> && pwd && ls -la && git status 2>&1 | head -3; id -u; python3 --version; cat README.md 2>/dev/null | head -200
cd <guest-path> && ls -la .coldpass .github .github/* examples demo src; cat Cargo.toml; cat .github/*/* 2>/dev/null | head -120; cat .cargo/* ; ls /inputs 2>/dev/null; which cargo rustc node npm; uname -m
sudo -n true && echo SUDO_OK; (curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal 2>&1 | tail -5); source $HOME/.cargo/env && cargo --version && rustc --version
sudo -n apt-get update -qq 2>&1 | tail -2; sudo -n apt-get install -y -qq build-essential 2>&1 | tail -2; which cc && cc --version | head -1
cd <guest-path> && git init -q && git remote add origin https://github.com/noahdunnagan/fsearch && git fetch --depth 1 origin 88e63fdf850cf7749deae8198b187accd21f8ba5 2>&1 | tail -3; git reset --mixed FETCH_HEAD 2>&1 | tail -3; git log --oneline -1; git status --short | head
cd <guest-path> && source $HOME/.cargo/env && cargo build --release 2>&1 | tail -40; echo "EXIT=${PIPESTATUS[0]}"
cd <guest-path> && source $HOME/.cargo/env && cargo build --release 2>&1 | grep -E '^error' | sed 's/`[^`]*`/X/g' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head; echo ---; file /dev/null >/dev/null; grep -rn "os_type\|target_os\|cfg(target_os\|macos" src/*.rs | head -5; echo ---; ls -la <guest-path> <guest-path> 2>&1; ls /inputs 2>&1
cd <guest-path> && grep -n '"checks"\|expected_returncode\|"install"\|def _replay\|def replay\|kind ==\|"kind"\|stays_running\|"cwd"' check.py | head -80
cd <guest-path> && sed -n 660,730p check.py; sed -n 1195,1235p check.py
cd <guest-path> && echo HOME=$HOME; ls -la $HOME/.cargo/bin | head -3; grep -rniE "\-\-once|\-\-now|cron|interval|sleep\(|schedule|webhook" src/main.rs src/server.rs src/live.rs src/fsevents.rs README.md | head -20; echo ---; grep -n '"install"' src/main.rs | head -3; grep -n 'fn main' -A15 src/main.rs | head -30
cd <guest-path> && cat > probe.json <<'EOF'
{"checks":[{"check":"install","kind":"cli","argv":["<guest-path>","build","--release"],"cwd":"<guest-path>","expected_returncode":101,"expected_text":"cannot find value `ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS` in crate `libc`"}]}
EOF
cat > claims.json <<'EOF'
[{"kind":"claim","claim":"fsearch is a whole-disk file search for macOS","source":"Whole-disk file search for macOS: names in about 0.1 ms, typo-tolerant,","testable":false,"reason":"The product targets macOS (getattrlistbulk, FSEvents, Apple Silicon release tarball). This Linux guest cannot build it: cargo build --release fails with 48 errors for missing macOS-only libc symbols such as ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS. No macOS host is available."},
{"kind":"claim","claim":"build from source with cargo, then install","source":"cargo build --release && ./target/release/fsearch install   # -> ~/.local/bin/fsearch","testable":false,"reason":"Attempted the README build command on Linux x86_64 with Rust 1.99.1 and cc 13.3. It failed at compile time (exit 101), so ./target/release/fsearch was never produced and install could not run."}]
EOF
cat > examples.json <<'EOF'
[{"kind":"example","claim":"search by name and inside files with the CLI","source":"README.md Quick start / Queries","reason":"The fsearch binary cannot be built on Linux (macOS-only APIs), so no CLI query could run. Tests in examples/*.rs need the crate built and were not run."},
{"kind":"example","claim":"MCP server for coding agents (fsearch mcp)","source":"README.md API","reason":"Requires the built fsearch binary; blocked by the same Linux compile failure."}]
EOF
cat > cycles.json <<'EOF'
{"detected":false,"reason":"Entry points inspected (src/main.rs subcommands serve, stdio, mcp, status, bench, install; README). No cron, --once, --now, or webhook trigger exists. The only long-running loop is the serve daemon's FSEvents follower, which is macOS-only and cannot run on this Linux guest.","checks":[]}
EOF
for f in probe claims examples cycles; do python3 -m json.tool $f.json >/dev/null && echo "$f ok"; done
cd <guest-path> && <env-var>=<guest-path> python3 -I <guest-path> --validate --replay 2>&1 | tail -40
cd <guest-path> && cat > report.json <<'EOF'
{"outcome":"unsupported","fault_owner":"prerequisite","operation":"Build fsearch from source with the README command and run it (CLI name search, content search, MCP server)","operation_scope":"README says the tool is for macOS (Apple Silicon). This guest is Linux x86_64 with no macOS host. Prerequisites installed here: rustup/cargo 1.99.1 (edition 2024 needs 1.85+) and build-essential (cc 13.3).","steps":["cargo build --release && ./target/release/fsearch install   # -> ~/.local/bin/fsearch","curl -L https://github.com/noahdunnagan/fsearch/releases/latest/download/fsearch-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar xz && ./fsearch install (not run: Apple Silicon macOS binary)"],"deviations":["Installed rustup via curl https://sh.rustup.sh-style installer (curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal); no README step for this.","sudo apt-get install -y build-essential to provide cc (no README step for this).","git init; git remote add origin https://github.com/noahdunnagan/fsearch; git fetch --depth 1 origin 88e63fdf850cf7749deae8198b187accd21f8ba5; git reset --mixed FETCH_HEAD (task-required pin setup; working tree clean at 88e63fd).","cargo build --release FAILED with exit 101: 48 errors E0425/E0433/E0422 for macOS-only symbols in libc (ATTR_DIR_MOUNTSTATUS, ATTR_FILE_DATALENGTH, getattrlistbulk, UF_HIDDEN, etc.) in src/walk.rs. Install, run, query, and MCP steps could not be executed.","Prebuilt aarch64-apple-darwin release download not attempted: it is a macOS binary and cannot run on Linux.","No browser, credentials, or servers were needed or started."],"stuck_step":"cargo build --release (README Quick start)","main_blocker":"The source uses macOS-only system calls (getattrlistbulk, FSEvents, macOS libc constants) and does not compile on Linux.","plain_failure":"fsearch is a file search tool for Macs. Its build fails on this Linux machine because it calls macOS-only system functions, so no working program was produced and no search was run. Running it needs a Mac with Apple Silicon.","suggested_fix":"Test on a macOS (Apple Silicon) host, as the README and release workflow (runs-on: macos-15) intend. If Linux support is wanted, gate the macOS-only walk/fsevents code behind cfg(target_os = \"macos\") and provide a fallback."}
EOF
python3 -m json.tool report.json >/dev/null && echo report ok; cd <guest-path> && <env-var>=<guest-path> python3 -I <guest-path> --validate --replay 2>&1 | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.loads(sys.stdin.read()); print('valid:',d['valid'],'problems:',d['problems'],'replay:',d['replay']['status'])"
cd <guest-path> && python3 - <<'EOF'
import json
p='report.json'; d=json.load(open(p))
d['deviations'][0]="Installed rustup with the official installer: curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --profile minimal (no README step for this)."
json.dump(d,open(p,'w'),indent=1); open(p,'a').write('\n')
EOF
cd <guest-path> && <env-var>=<guest-path> python3 -I <guest-path> --validate --replay 2>&1 | python3 -c "import sys,json; d=json.loads(sys.stdin.read()); print('valid:',d['valid'],'problems:',d['problems'],'replay:',d['replay']['status'])"; ls -la .coldpass