Substrate node-template Compiling sp-externalities error: cannot find macro `thread_local` in this scope

Question

When I am trying to build substrate node-template, cargo build below error occurs. How to solve this issue.

system : Apple M1 Pro OSX : Ventura 13.2.1

rustup show

installed toolchains
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stable-x86_64-apple-darwin (default)
nightly-x86_64-apple-darwin

installed targets for active toolchain
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wasm32-unknown-unknown
x86_64-apple-darwin

active toolchain
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nightly-x86_64-apple-darwin (overridden by +toolchain on the command line)
rustc 1.70.0-nightly (f63ccaf25 2023-03-06)

  error: cannot find macro `thread_local` in this scope
    --> /Users/xxxxx/.cargo/git/checkouts/substrate-7e08433d4c370a21/f38bd66/primitives/externalities/src/scope_limited.rs:22:1
     |
  22 | environmental::environmental!(ext: trait Externalities);
     | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     |
     = note: `thread_local` is in scope, but it is an attribute: `#[thread_local]`
     = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::thread_local_impl` which comes from the expansion of the macro `environmental::environmental` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)

  error[E0425]: cannot find value `GLOBAL` in this scope
    --> /Users/xxxxxxx/.cargo/git/checkouts/substrate-7e08433d4c370a21/f38bd66/primitives/externalities/src/scope_limited.rs:22:1
     |
  22 | environmental::environmental!(ext: trait Externalities);
     | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in this scope
     |
     = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::environmental` which comes from the expansion of the macro `environmental::environmental` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)

  For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0425`.
  error: could not compile `sp-externalities` due to 4 previous errors

Answer 1

Your issue sounds like it might be an environment issue. I notice you are running the x86_64 version of Rust on your Mac. I have an M1 chip as well, and have no issues using the ARM target, so I'd start with installing and using the *-aarch64-apple-darwin toolchains for both stable and nightly. Install the wasm32-unknown-unknown targets after that and try again.