another attempt at cibuildwheels for py3.8 on macos-14

.github/workflows/publish_package.yml

@@ -25,15 +25,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
+      # Install Homebrew and dependencies, and setup Python 3.8 for macOS arm64
       - name: Setup Python 3.8 universal2 on macOS arm64
-        if: matrix.os == 'macos-14' && runner.arch == 'ARM64'
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest' && runner.arch == 'ARM64'
         run: |
           if [[ $(uname -m) == 'arm64' ]]; then
+            # Install Homebrew in /usr/local for x86_64
+            /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
+            echo 'eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/runner/.bash_profile
+            eval "$(/usr/local/bin/brew shellenv)"
+            # Install gettext and link it
             brew install gettext
             brew link --force gettext
-            arch -x86_64 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
+            # Install Python 3.8 in x86_64 mode
             arch -x86_64 brew install [email protected]
-            arch -x86_64 python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            arch -x86_64 /usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
           fi
 
       - name: Install build deps