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build: make x86 Windows support temporarily experimental
We currently have no solution to build Node.js for x86 Windows with V8 10.1. V8 10.2 seems fixed, but that version won't stable enough by the time we release Node.js 18.0.0 (it only has canary coverage). The goal is to revert this commit as soon as the issue is fixed. PR-URL: #42666 Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Robert Nagy <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Gerhard Stöbich <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Beth Griggs <[email protected]>
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‎BUILDING.md‎

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for it. In other words, Node.js does not support running on End-of-Life (EoL)
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platforms. This is true regardless of entries in the table below.
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| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
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| ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], Debian 9, EL 7[^2] |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, musl >= 1.1.19 | Experimental | e.g. Alpine 3.8 |
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| GNU/Linux | x86 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 10 |
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| GNU/Linux | arm64 | kernel >= 4.5, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, EL 7[^3] |
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| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9 |
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| GNU/Linux | armv6 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
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| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], EL 7[^2] |
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| GNU/Linux | s390x | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. EL 7[^2] |
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| Windows | x64, x86 (WoW64) | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 | [^4],[^5] |
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| Windows | x86 (native) | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 (running) / Experimental (compiling)[^6] | |
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| Windows | x64, x86 | Windows 8.1/Server 2012 | Experimental | |
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| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | |
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| macOS | x64 | >= 10.15 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see [^7] |
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| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power8 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 12.2 | Experimental | |
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| Operating System | Architectures | Versions | Support Type | Notes |
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| ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], Debian 9, EL 7[^2] |
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| GNU/Linux | x64 | kernel >= 3.10, musl >= 1.1.19 | Experimental | e.g. Alpine 3.8 |
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| GNU/Linux | x86 | kernel >= 3.10, glibc >= 2.17 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 10 |
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| GNU/Linux | arm64 | kernel >= 4.5, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 9, EL 7[^3] |
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| GNU/Linux | armv7 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Tier 1 | e.g. Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9 |
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| GNU/Linux | armv6 | kernel >= 4.14, glibc >= 2.24 | Experimental | Downgraded as of Node.js 12 |
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| GNU/Linux | ppc64le >=power8 | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. Ubuntu 16.04[^1], EL 7[^2] |
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| GNU/Linux | s390x | kernel >= 3.10.0, glibc >= 2.17 | Tier 2 | e.g. EL 7[^2] |
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| Windows | x64 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Tier 1 | [^4],[^5] |
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| Windows | x86 | >= Windows 10/Server 2016 | Experimental | [^6] |
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| Windows | x64, x86 | Windows 8.1/Server 2012 | Experimental | |
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| Windows | arm64 | >= Windows 10 | Tier 2 (compiling) / Experimental (running) | |
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| macOS | x64 | >= 10.15 | Tier 1 | For notes about compilation see [^7] |
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| macOS | arm64 | >= 11 | Tier 1 | |
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| SmartOS | x64 | >= 18 | Tier 2 | |
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| AIX | ppc64be >=power8 | >= 7.2 TL04 | Tier 2 | |
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| FreeBSD | x64 | >= 12.2 | Experimental | |
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[^1]: GCC 8 is not provided on the base platform. Users will
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Windows binary (`node.exe`) in WSL will not work without workarounds such as
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[^6]: Running Node.js on x86 Windows should work and binaries
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are provided. However, tests in our infrastructure only run on WoW64.
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Furthermore, compiling on x86 Windows is Experimental and
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may not be possible.
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[^6]: Compiling Node.js for x86 Windows is currently impossible due to
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issues with version 10.1 of the V8 engine. Support will come back to its
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previous status as soon as possible.
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[^7]: Our macOS x64 Binaries are compiled with 10.15 as a target. Xcode11 is
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required to compile.

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