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Okay, so I need to figure out whether this bug report about QEMU is related to user-mode or system-mode issues. The user mentioned they're unable to build on a Mac. Hmm, building usually involves compiling source code into an executable.
I remember that in computing, user-mode processes run with limited privileges and can't access kernel-level resources directly. System-mode, often kernel-mode, has higher privileges and interacts with hardware devices and the OS more deeply.
QEMU is a virtualization tool that runs as a user-space application normally. When you build QEMU from source, it's typically done in user mode because you're compiling code without needing special permissions beyond what a regular user has. However, sometimes building might require installing certain system packages or libraries, which could involve system-level changes.
But the main point here is that the issue is about not being able to build QEMU on macOS. Building usually doesn't require kernel access unless you're doing something specific like compiling with special flags for kernel modules, which isn't typical for QEMU. So this seems more like a user-mode issue because it's about the compilation process itself, perhaps involving Makefiles, dependencies, or build scripts that run in user space.
So I think it's a user-mode related bug.
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