Cocoapod "transitive dependencies" error

[levigroker]

With Cocoapods 0.37.1 I'm seeing this error when including OpenSSL-Universal in my iOS project:

[!] The 'Pods' target has transitive dependencies that include static binaries: (/private/var/folders/7b/mh8q849d64sc6r07cypfg_mh0000gn/T/CocoaPods/Lint/Pods/OpenSSL-Universal/lib-ios/libcrypto.a and /private/var/folders/7b/mh8q849d64sc6r07cypfg_mh0000gn/T/CocoaPods/Lint/Pods/OpenSSL-Universal/lib-ios/libssl.a)

I've tried cleaning my cocoapod cache etc. but I can't get it to work.

I'm not alone, apparently:

CocoaPods/CocoaPods#3583 (comment)

[ethanmick]

Yep, I have this issue too.

[krzyzanowskim]

... this is shared vs static problem, it can't be static and shared at the same time.

[crilleengvall]

I'm also getting this error. Has this one got a solution yet?

[shvekiasaf]

+1 here as well

[krzyzanowskim]

there is nothing I can do about it, can I?

[scottfister]

+1 also getting this

[bpwalford]

Another +1

[krzyzanowskim]

@bpwalford it can't be "fixed" due to nature of static vs dynamic libraries. This build is static library.

[geraldeersteling]

May be silly, but is there a possibility that the OpenSSL libraries become dynamic then? Seems like a lot of users try to tackle the problem.

[krzyzanowskim]

can't be done. Can't create dynamic framework with bitcode with currently available tools. It is possible generate framework without bitcode though: https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/OpenSSL/tree/master/Frameworks

[jcavar]

Does it make sense to add subspec with dynamic framework then? Some projects are not using bitcode anyway so it might be useful.

[geraldeersteling]

@krzyzanowskim What do you suggest? Add the framework manually?

-- Update: Thanks for the link, I just resorted to adding the openssl.framework manually and use the vendored frameworks build setting from cocoapods

[krzyzanowskim]

@jcavar yes, it does.

[jcavar]

Cool, we have internal pod which is working well for us and uses prebuilt framework, so I can open pull request here when i catch some time if you are interested?

[krzyzanowskim]

sure

[geraldeersteling]

Hi, another question; it seems installing an app with the pre-built framework fails because the framework has no Info.plist. Got the framework from here: https://github.com/krzyzanowskim/OpenSSL/tree/master/Frameworks

[jcavar]

Yes, we also had that problem. You can change script a bit:
https://github.com/x2on/OpenSSL-for-iPhone/blob/master/create-openssl-framework.sh#L25

However, after fixing this we had another set of issues so we ended up creating framework using Xcode following this:
https://pewpewthespells.com/blog/convert_static_to_dynamic.html
and this:
http://www.insert.io/frameworkios8xcode6/

[krzyzanowskim]

ok, can you please create PR with that ?

[jcavar]

Yes, I planned to do that with pod update pull request.

[geraldeersteling]

Ah thanks @jcavar , rebuilding the framework seems to be adding the Info.plist 👍

[krzyzanowskim]

@jcavar how's going with the PR ?

[jcavar]

@krzyzanowskim PR is here for a while:
#27