Xcode Archive debug strip errors

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I am trying to integrate a large legacy C++ library with an iOS app. We are able to build and run on device but we are not able to archive the app. Archiving fails with the following error.

Command /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/strip failed with exit code 1

I did a "-v" on the strip and get a series of warnings similar to

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/strip: symbols referenced by relocation entries that can't be stripped in: /MyApp/DerivedData/SmartMusic_iPad/Build/Intermediates/ArchiveIntermediates/MyApp/IntermediateBuildFilesPath/UninstalledProducts/libMyLib-iOS.a(MyWhatever.o)

It is not clear if this message is a warning or the reason for the failure. There are no other indications of problems in the strip output. Any clues?

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9 Answers

The default Strip Style in Xcode is All Symbols, which is okay for an executable but for a library you need to set this to Non-Global Symbols as global symbols must be be preserved.

Since stripping is only done as part of the deployment post processing, debug builds are usually not affected by this option as for them the setting DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING is usually set to NO. But when archiving, though, you create a release build and here DEPLOYMENT_POSTPROCESSING is set to YES by default and thus you need to have the correct strip style set.

user_158090

What worked for me was when I decided to fix another issue in Xcode 10.1, my simulator hadn't been booting up and I ignored until I really needed it, running the command below helped fix this issue

sudo chmod 1777 /private/tmp
user_58264990

I fixed this error by freeing up more space

user_102289840

On Xcode 11.5, I solved this by setting Strip Linked Product to No in Build Settings of the Framework target.

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