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apache-serf cannot find `asm/socket.h`

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Symptom: a source build of apache-serf invokes a brewed GCC directly and fails through Homebrew’s glibc headers:

glibc/include/bits/socket.h: fatal error: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory

Root cause: Homebrew’s standard build environment already puts the installed [email protected] include directory in CPATH. Serf’s SConstruct creates a new SCons child environment that does not inherit that variable, so the direct GCC command loses the kernel-header path. Adding the path to superenv or CPATH again does not cross this second environment boundary.

Fix: install/patch-homebrew-apache-serf.sh adds a direct Linux dependency on [email protected] and passes its stable opt_include path through Serf’s supported CPPFLAGS SCons variable. The patch fails closed if the formula structure changes instead of silently starting another known-broken source build.

A trailing Clang warning about which GCC installation it may prefer is separate from this GCC compile failure. Wait for any active Homebrew process to exit, then rerun ~/dotfiles/bootstrap.sh upgrade so the refreshed formula is patched before Bundle starts.