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+[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")']
+# when using osx, we need to link against some golang libraries, it did just work with this missing flags
+# from: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/42459
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-framework CoreFoundation -framework Security"]
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