v2.26.8: fix acarsdec build failure on macOS (#187)

HOST_NAME_MAX is Linux-specific and undefined on macOS, causing 3
compile errors in acarsdec.c. Now patched with #define HOST_NAME_MAX 255
before building. Also fixed deprecated -Ofast flag on all macOS archs
(was only patched for arm64).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,48 @@
 
 All notable changes to iNTERCEPT will be documented in this file.
 
+## [2.26.8] - 2026-03-14
+
+### Fixed
+- **acarsdec build failure on macOS** — `HOST_NAME_MAX` is Linux-specific (`<limits.h>`) and undefined on macOS, causing 3 compile errors in `acarsdec.c`. Now patched with `#define HOST_NAME_MAX 255` before building. Also fixed deprecated `-Ofast` flag warning on all macOS architectures (was only patched for arm64). (#187)
+
+---
+
+## [2.26.7] - 2026-03-14
+
+### Fixed
+- **Health check SDR detection on macOS** — `timeout` (GNU coreutils) is not available on macOS, causing `rtl_test` to silently fail and report "No RTL-SDR device found" even when one is connected. Now tries `timeout`, then `gtimeout` (Homebrew coreutils), then falls back to a background process with manual kill. (#188)
+
+---
+
+## [2.26.6] - 2026-03-14
+
+### Fixed
+- **Oversized branded 'i' logo on dashboards** — `.logo span { display: inline }` in dashboard CSS had higher specificity (0,1,1) than `.brand-i { display: inline-block }` (0,1,0), forcing the branded "i" SVG to render as inline which ignores width/height. Added `.logo .brand-i` selector (0,2,0) to retain `inline-block` display. (#189)
+
+---
+
+## [2.26.5] - 2026-03-14
+
+### Fixed
+- **Database errors crash entire UI** — `get_setting()` now catches `sqlite3.OperationalError` and returns the default value instead of propagating the exception. Previously, if the database was inaccessible (e.g. root-owned `instance/` directory from running with `sudo`), the `inject_offline_settings` context processor would crash every page render with a 500 Internal Server Error. (#190)
+
+---
+
+## [2.26.4] - 2026-03-14
+
+### Fixed
+- **Environment Configurator crash** — `read_env_var()` crashed with "Setup failed at line 2333" when `.env` existed but didn't contain the variable being looked up. `grep` returned exit code 1 (no match), which `pipefail` propagated and `set -e` turned into a fatal error. Fixed by appending `|| true` to the pipeline. (#191)
+
+---
+
+## [2.26.3] - 2026-03-13
+
+### Fixed
+- **SatDump AVX2 crash** — SatDump now compiles with `-march=x86-64` on x86_64 platforms (Docker and `setup.sh`), preventing "Illegal instruction" crashes on CPUs without AVX2. SIMD plugins still use runtime detection for acceleration on capable hardware. (#185)
+
+---
+
 ## [2.26.2] - 2026-03-13
 
 ### Fixed

Dockerfile

@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ RUN cd /tmp \
     && git clone --depth 1 --branch 1.2.2 https://github.com/SatDump/SatDump.git \
     && cd SatDump \
     && mkdir build && cd build \
-    && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_GUI=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib .. \
+    && ARCH_FLAGS=""; if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then ARCH_FLAGS="-march=x86-64"; fi \
+    && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_GUI=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+           -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$ARCH_FLAGS" \
+           -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$ARCH_FLAGS" .. \
     && make -j$(nproc) \
     && make install \
     && ldconfig \

config.py

@@ -7,10 +7,52 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 # Application version
-VERSION = "2.26.2"
+VERSION = "2.26.8"
 
 # Changelog - latest release notes (shown on welcome screen)
 CHANGELOG = [
+    {
+        "version": "2.26.8",
+        "date": "March 2026",
+        "highlights": [
+            "Fix acarsdec build failure on macOS (HOST_NAME_MAX undefined)",
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "version": "2.26.7",
+        "date": "March 2026",
+        "highlights": [
+            "Fix health check SDR detection on macOS (timeout command not available)",
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "version": "2.26.6",
+        "date": "March 2026",
+        "highlights": [
+            "Fix oversized branded 'i' logo on Aircraft & Vessel dashboards",
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "version": "2.26.5",
+        "date": "March 2026",
+        "highlights": [
+            "Fix database errors crashing the entire UI — pages now degrade gracefully",
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "version": "2.26.4",
+        "date": "March 2026",
+        "highlights": [
+            "Fix Environment Configurator crash when .env exists but variable is missing",
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "version": "2.26.3",
+        "date": "March 2026",
+        "highlights": [
+            "Fix SatDump AVX2 crash on older CPUs — build now targets baseline x86-64",
+        ]
+    },
     {
         "version": "2.26.2",
         "date": "March 2026",

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "intercept"
-version = "2.26.2"
+version = "2.26.8"
 description = "Signal Intelligence Platform - Pager/433MHz/ADS-B/Satellite/WiFi/Bluetooth"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"

setup.sh

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ read_env_var() {
   local fallback="${2:-}"
   if [[ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env" ]]; then
     local val
-    val=$(grep -E "^${key}=" "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d'=' -f2-)
+    val=$(grep -E "^${key}=" "$SCRIPT_DIR/.env" 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d'=' -f2- || true)
     if [[ -n "$val" ]]; then
       # Strip surrounding quotes
       val="${val#\"}"
@@ -751,9 +751,26 @@ install_acarsdec_from_source_macos() {
 
     cd "$tmp_dir/acarsdec"
 
+    # Replace deprecated -Ofast (all macOS, not just arm64)
+    if grep -q '\-Ofast' CMakeLists.txt 2>/dev/null; then
+      sed -i '' 's/-Ofast/-O3 -ffast-math/g' CMakeLists.txt
+      info "Patched deprecated -Ofast flag"
+    fi
+
+    # macOS doesn't have -march=native on arm64
     if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64" ]]; then
-      sed -i '' 's/-Ofast -march=native/-O3 -ffast-math/g' CMakeLists.txt
+      sed -i '' 's/ -march=native//g' CMakeLists.txt
-      info "Patched compiler flags for Apple Silicon (arm64)"
+      info "Removed -march=native for Apple Silicon"
+    fi
+
+    # HOST_NAME_MAX is Linux-specific; macOS uses _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX
+    if grep -q 'HOST_NAME_MAX' acarsdec.c 2>/dev/null; then
+      sed -i '' '1i\
+#ifndef HOST_NAME_MAX\
+#define HOST_NAME_MAX 255\
+#endif
+' acarsdec.c
+      info "Patched HOST_NAME_MAX for macOS compatibility"
     fi
 
     if grep -q 'pthread_tryjoin_np' rtl.c 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -957,8 +974,14 @@ install_satdump_from_source_debian() {
     ) &
     progress_pid=$!
 
+    local arch_flags=""
+    if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+      arch_flags="-march=x86-64"
+    fi
+
     if cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_GUI=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
-        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Wno-template-body" .. >"$build_log" 2>&1 \
+        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$arch_flags" \
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$arch_flags -Wno-template-body" .. >"$build_log" 2>&1 \
         && make -j "$(nproc)" >>"$build_log" 2>&1; then
       kill $progress_pid 2>/dev/null; wait $progress_pid 2>/dev/null
       $SUDO make install >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -1918,7 +1941,18 @@ do_health_check() {
   info "SDR device detection..."
   if cmd_exists rtl_test; then
     local rtl_output
+    if cmd_exists timeout; then
       rtl_output=$(timeout 3 rtl_test -d 0 2>&1 || true)
+    elif cmd_exists gtimeout; then
+      rtl_output=$(gtimeout 3 rtl_test -d 0 2>&1 || true)
+    else
+      # No timeout command (common on macOS) — run with background kill
+      rtl_test -d 0 > /tmp/.rtl_test_out 2>&1 & local rtl_pid=$!
+      sleep 2
+      kill "$rtl_pid" 2>/dev/null; wait "$rtl_pid" 2>/dev/null
+      rtl_output=$(cat /tmp/.rtl_test_out 2>/dev/null || true)
+      rm -f /tmp/.rtl_test_out
+    fi
     if echo "$rtl_output" | grep -q "Found\|Using device"; then
       ok "RTL-SDR device detected"
       ((pass++)) || true

static/css/core/layout.css

@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@
 }
 
 /* Branded "i" — inline SVG that matches the logo icon.
-   Sized to 0.9em so it sits naturally alongside text at any font-size. */
+   Sized to 0.9em so it sits naturally alongside text at any font-size.
-.brand-i {
+   Uses .logo .brand-i (0,2,0) to beat .logo span (0,1,1) in dashboard CSS
+   which otherwise forces display:inline and breaks width/height. */
+.brand-i,
+.logo .brand-i {
     display: inline-block;
     width: 0.55em;
     height: 0.9em;

utils/database.py

@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ def get_setting(key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
     Returns:
         Setting value (auto-converted from JSON for complex types)
     """
+    try:
         with get_db() as conn:
             cursor = conn.execute(
                 'SELECT value, value_type FROM settings WHERE key = ?',
@@ -687,6 +688,9 @@ def get_setting(key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
                 return value.lower() in ('true', '1', 'yes')
             else:
                 return value
+    except sqlite3.OperationalError:
+        logger.warning("Database unavailable reading setting '%s', using default", key)
+        return default
 
 
 def set_setting(key: str, value: Any) -> None: