can't build locally without installing flock before

[mschneider]

Overview

Tried to follow the instructions to build this repo (it was difficult and there is no clear path described in README)

Steps to reproduce

$ nvm install 19
Downloading and installing node v19.9.0...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v19.9.0/node-v19.9.0-darwin-arm64.tar.xz...
################################################################################################################################################### 100.0%
Computing checksum with sha256sum
Checksums matched!
Now using node v19.9.0 (npm v9.6.3)
$ node --version
v19.9.0
$ flock
-bash: flock: command not found
$ pnpm
-bash: pnpm: command not found
$ npm install -g pnpm

added 1 package in 284ms

1 package is looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
$ pnpm install
Scope: all 34 workspace projects
Lockfile is up to date, resolution step is skipped
Packages: +1403
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Progress: resolved 1403, reused 1374, downloaded 0, added 1403, done
node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/bigint-buffer: Running install script, done in 2.3s
node_modules/.pnpm/@[email protected]/node_modules/@swc/core: Running postinstall script, done in 776ms
node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/esbuild: Running postinstall script, done in 958ms
node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/utf-8-validate: Running install script, done in 1.4s
node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/bufferutil: Running install script, done in 1.8s

devDependencies:
+ @commitlint/config-conventional 18.4.4
+ @solana/eslint-config-solana 1.0.2
+ @solana/prettier-config-solana 0.0.4
+ commitlint 17.6.7

+ eslint-config-turbo 1.10.13
+ turbo 1.11.1
$ flock
-bash: flock: command not found

Description of bug

attached log of running $pnpm test
test.log

[steveluscher]

Oh wow. How has this not come up before. Are we literally all building on Linux over here? This must be Mac OS, right?

[mschneider]

correct

[steveluscher]

Merging into #3607 which goes into a little more detail wrt/ suggesting that remediation steps be added to the test validator start script itself.