bad CPU type in executable: wsk (macOS 10.15 Catalina)

[shazron]

Description

This issue is purely informational (for search engines). macOS 10.15 Catalina can only run 64-bit apps. When downloading an executable from the Releases page, a user may be confused if they only have an Intel CPU, that they may not install the amd64 bit version, and use the 386 version instead. Suggest rename to amd64 to x86_64 in any zip filenames under the Releases tab.

Expected

When I type wsk in the terminal, it runs

Actual

When I type wsk in the terminal, it shows the error message bad CPU type in executable: wsk

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install macOS 10.15 Catalina (Intel CPU)
2. Download the OpenWhisk_CLI-latest-mac-386.zip file from
   https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-cli/releases/tag/latest
3. Unzip the file
4. Run wsk

Workaround

Download the OpenWhisk_CLI-latest-mac-amd64.zip bundle instead, and run the wsk executable in there

Suggested Fix

1. Rename OpenWhisk_CLI-latest-mac-amd64.zip to OpenWhisk_CLI-latest-mac-x86_64.zip

[RuyProserv]

my type is zsh, do i do the same?

[safiqu]

i have same problem but i dont understand how to solve it, any solution

[rabbah]

@shazron's comment pertain to Mac OS X only. If you're on a linux environment make sure you're downloading an appropriate version for example https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-cli/releases/download/latest/OpenWhisk_CLI-latest-linux-amd64.tgz from https://github.com/apache/openwhisk-cli/releases/tag/latest.

[kmrobin]

+1 for the issue.
It's there in the latest wsk build as well.
I think there's definitely some issue with the MacOS 386 build, and should be fixed if it's really needed to be a separate release from amd_64 sibling.

@shazron Your workaround suggestion works, thanks. 👍