SwiftDriver compilation error: com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute #1271

ixsander · 2022-09-14T18:11:40Z

Describe the bug
I have c library swift wrapper project and I am starting to see errors for all of the c header files included in my project. This didn't happen in Xcode 12 and Xcode 13 but starting to see them after upgraded to Xcode 14.

error: Dependency for P1:target-SwiftSMB-c5b2ccc17d5f0c8fd1175d05f13f3d0683a44e681aeb1f425a9cef51a7a8aacb-:Debug:SwiftDriver Compilation Requirements SwiftSMB normal x86_64 com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute (libsmb2/include/smb2/smb2.h). (in target 'SwiftSMB' from project 'SwiftSMB')
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Showing All Messages Command SwiftDriver Compilation Requirements emitted errors but did not return a nonzero exit code to indicate failure

The error doesn't seem to stop build from completing successfully.

Command line:
SwiftDriver\ Compilation\ Requirements SwiftSMB normal x86_64 com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler (in target 'SwiftSMB' from project 'SwiftSMB') cd /Users/alex/Projects/SwiftSMB builtin-Swift-Compilation-Requirements -- /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/swiftc -module-name SwiftSMB -Onone -enforce-exclusivity\=checked @/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/SwiftSMB.SwiftFileList -DDEBUG -sdk /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator16.0.sdk -target x86_64-apple-ios16.0-simulator -enable-bare-slash-regex -g -module-cache-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/ModuleCache.noindex -Xfrontend -serialize-debugging-options -enable-testing -index-store-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Index.noindex/DataStore -enable-library-evolution -swift-version 5 -I /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator -I libsmb2 -I libsmb2/include -I libsmb2/lib -I libsmb2/include/smb2 -F /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator -emit-localized-strings -emit-localized-strings-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64 -c -j8 -enable-batch-mode -incremental -output-file-map /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/SwiftSMB-OutputFileMap.json -use-frontend-parseable-output -save-temps -no-color-diagnostics -serialize-diagnostics -emit-dependencies -emit-module -emit-module-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/SwiftSMB.swiftmodule -emit-module-interface-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/SwiftSMB.swiftinterface -emit-private-module-interface-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/SwiftSMB.private.swiftinterface -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/swift-overrides.hmap -Xcc -iquote -Xcc /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/SwiftSMB-generated-files.hmap -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/SwiftSMB-own-target-headers.hmap -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/SwiftSMB-all-non-framework-target-headers.hmap -Xcc -ivfsoverlay -Xcc /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/all-product-headers.yaml -Xcc -iquote -Xcc /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/SwiftSMB-project-headers.hmap -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/include -Xcc -isystem -Xcc libsmb2/include -Xcc -isystem -Xcc libsmb2/include/smb2 -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/DerivedSources-normal/x86_64 -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/DerivedSources/x86_64 -Xcc -I/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/DerivedSources -Xcc -DDEBUG\=1 -emit-objc-header -emit-objc-header-path /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/Objects-normal/x86_64/SwiftSMB-Swift.h -import-underlying-module -Xcc -ivfsoverlay -Xcc /Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/PhotoBackup2-bnxhcxnjkjxzzbdqwrgkurniflbr/Build/Intermediates.noindex/SwiftSMB.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/SwiftSMB.build/unextended-module-overlay.yaml -working-directory /Users/alex/Projects/SwiftSMB -experimental-emit-module-separately

Environment (please fill out the following information)

OS: macOS 12.6
Xcode 14
swift-driver version: 1.62.8 Apple Swift version 5.7 (swiftlang-5.7.0.127.4 clang-1400.0.29.50)

Additional context
I have tried cleaning up build folder and rebuild project using Xcode 14 but none of them work.

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jb522185660 · 2022-09-15T02:37:28Z

I have the same problem,have you resolved it?

dawilliams-gpsw · 2022-09-15T16:44:05Z

+1. We are also seeing this in our app.

edit: I was given a .xcframework to replace the regular .framework that was causing these 'warning errors', and the 'warning errors' went away.

Important to note, xcodebuild archive commands were failing when these 'warning errors' were present, even though Xcode.app was succeeding. Swapping over to the .xcframework (which subsequently removed the 'warning errors') allows xcodebuild's archive to succeed.

macatingraoallan · 2022-09-25T06:22:20Z

+1. We are also seeing this in our app.

edit: I was given a .xcframework to replace the regular .framework that was causing these 'warning errors', and the 'warning errors' went away.

Important to note, xcodebuild archive commands were failing when these 'warning errors' were present, even though Xcode.app was succeeding. Swapping over to the .xcframework (which subsequently removed the 'warning errors') allows xcodebuild's archive to succeed.

How can I do this, `swapping over the .xcframewor'?

Thank you.

nandhavadivel · 2022-09-26T17:06:19Z

Having same issue with 3rd party library. And those are not supporting xcframework.

davidbilly · 2022-09-27T10:57:19Z

Facing same issue. But my swift project import with 3rd party vendor Objective-C framework.

dawilliams-gpsw · 2022-09-27T16:54:26Z

How can I do this, `swapping over the .xcframewor'?

You could use ar and/or lipo -thin to extract the library files from the .framework file and re-create it as an xcframework using xcodebuild. You may even be able to create an .xcframework from the .framework without extracting the files, if you're only supporting one architecture, although unsure if that will fix the issue.

DanijelHuis · 2022-09-28T18:03:18Z

We had the same problem with GoogleMaps on Xcode 14. The problem was that we had "User Header Search Paths" set to "${PROJECT_DIR}/Pods", after deleting that the problem disappeared. This problem can also be resolved by using xcframework version of the GoogleMaps library (still in beta).

Note that these "errors" show as errors but build and archive succeeds if done from Xcode. The problem was happening when we used xcodebuild, it just stopped at "Touch xxx.app" without any error (probably because of non-zero return code).

ixsander · 2022-09-28T20:26:54Z

We had the same problem with GoogleMaps on Xcode 14. The problem was that we had "User Header Search Paths" set to "${PROJECT_DIR}/Pods", after deleting that the problem disappeared. This problem can also be resolved by using xcframework version of the GoogleMaps library (still in beta).

Note that these "errors" show as errors but build and archive succeeds if done from Xcode. The problem was happening when we used xcodebuild, it just stopped at "Touch xxx.app" without any error (probably because of non-zero return code).

I don't have "User Header Search Paths" set but am still getting the error. The root cause maybe different but thanks for letting us know!

nethergrim · 2022-09-30T02:04:26Z

error build: Dependency for P0:target-Bro-107552fdf92bce9653f083569aa48d2a9bf3e5f097b5222968822ee5f4f5794a-:Debug:SwiftDriver Compilation Bro normal x86_64 com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute (Pods/GooglePlaces/Frameworks/GooglePlaces.framework/Headers/GMSPlacePhotoMetadata.h).

ionutivan · 2022-09-30T13:18:28Z

Something similar appears also in my app since switching to Xcode 14.0.0:

error: Dependency for P1:target---:Development:SwiftDriver Compilation Requirements normal x86_64 com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute (Pods/Firebase/CoreOnly/Sources/Firebase.h).

error: Dependency for P1:target---:Development:SwiftDriver Compilation Requirements normal x86_64 com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute (Pods/Firebase/CoreOnly/Sources/module.modulemap).

DreamLordOneiros · 2022-10-06T14:17:44Z

I Started Getting This On One Of Our Team's Working Branches, The Description Wasn't That Helpful, I Even Downgraded Xcode To See If That Was The Problem But That Wasn't It, Although There Was An Improve On The Error Message, Which Wasn't Either The Cause.

I Tried Previous Builds To Determine Which Was The Latest To Work Fine, And To Validate That It Was Still Building Properly. I Found The Latest Passing Build And Retried It(It Passed So It Wasn't The Recently Upgrade To Xcode 14). I Reviewed The Commit On The First Failing Build And There Was Something Weird There, A Renamed File Was Showing "⧵t⧵t⧵" Substring On The File's Path, The Following Commits Were Showing The File Being Re Added But While Pulling The Code, The File Wasn't There.

The Fix On My Case Was To Return To The Last Working Code, Branch From There, And Manually Adding The Missing Code.

Hope This Helps Someone.

ixsander · 2022-10-07T20:24:42Z

The error messages are disappeared by changing modulemap file from "extern_c" to "system"
module ABC [system] { ... }

saqib-saud · 2022-10-09T02:02:51Z

Thanks @ixsander your solution works for me too.

For others: In your .framework file, look for module.modulemap in Modules folder.

I had module declared like
framework module ABC {}

after changing that to
framework module ABC [system] {} I got rid of the errors.

TsnumiDC · 2022-10-12T11:38:49Z

it also can solve my waring[error]
so whats the principle of the [system] ?
dose it make some other error?

EnjoyWT · 2022-11-17T03:23:24Z

We had the same problem with GoogleMaps on Xcode 14. The problem was that we had "User Header Search Paths" set to "${PROJECT_DIR}/Pods", after deleting that the problem disappeared. This problem can also be resolved by using xcframework version of the GoogleMaps library (still in beta).

Note that these "errors" show as errors but build and archive succeeds if done from Xcode. The problem was happening when we used xcodebuild, it just stopped at "Touch xxx.app" without any error (probably because of non-zero return code).

this fix my problem

jiafans · 2022-11-24T09:34:15Z

Thanks @ixsander your solution works for me too.

For others: In your .framework file, look for module.modulemap in Modules folder.

I had module declared like framework module ABC {}

after changing that to framework module ABC [system] {} I got rid of the errors.

You saved my day, ty🥹

AnthonyLatsis · 2022-11-24T14:41:13Z

This seems like a swift-driver issue, if it is one to begin with. @hborla Should we transfer it?

AndyActionItem · 2023-01-25T19:26:07Z

I am seeing the same thing as ionutivan above.
After upgrade to Xcode 14 (14.2).
Previously command-line build was working, now this causes it to fail.
Xcode build succeeds (it shows the error info but that doesn't get in the way of it succeeding).

JanNilsScheele · 2023-01-28T12:50:20Z

Thanks @ixsander your solution works for me too.

For others: In your .framework file, look for module.modulemap in Modules folder.

I had module declared like framework module ABC {}

after changing that to framework module ABC [system] {} I got rid of the errors.

This fixed it for me, thanks a lot!
I have an old project that uses pods with these kind of frameworks.
I added a build script right after "check pods manifest" that finds and adds the [system] to each framework. Building with BitRise now works again.

Script:

sed -i "" "s/module Firebase {/module Firebase [system] {/g" ./Pods/Firebase/CoreOnly/Sources/module.modulemap sed -i "" 's/module JWPlayer_iOS_SDK {/module JWPlayer_iOS_SDK [system] {/g' ./Pods/JWPlayer-SDK/JWPlayer_iOS_SDK.framework/Modules/module.modulemap

karamqubsi · 2023-02-02T08:21:23Z

Thanks @saqib-saud and @ixsander

that fixed the error for firebase core, but as you know this is a 3rd party library, is there a way to make CocoaPods or xcode consider it as [system] without modifying source code of that library ?

arn8tas · 2023-02-28T09:01:06Z

Thanks @saqib-saud and @ixsander

that fixed the error for firebase core, but as you know this is a 3rd library, is there a way to make CocoaPods or xcode consider it as [system] without modifying source code of that library ?

You can do something like this in post install step:

post_install do |pi|
   pathToTTTAttributedLabelModulemap = pi.config.project_pods_root + 'Target Support Files/TTTAttributedLabel/TTTAttributedLabel.modulemap'
   if File.exists?(pathToTTTAttributedLabelModulemap)
      text = File.read(pathToTTTAttributedLabelModulemap)
      modifiedText = text.gsub('module TTTAttributedLabel {', 'module TTTAttributedLabel [system] {')
      File.open(pathToTTTAttributedLabelModulemap, "w") {|file| file.puts modifiedText }
      puts "Editing TTTAttributedLabel.modulemap"
   end
end

RomanticEncounter · 2023-04-04T10:15:09Z

I also looked for many solutions，
Here's I'm looking solution:
Build Setting -> Build Options -> Build Libraries for Distribution
or
BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION = NO;
setup NO

tranquockhanh0506 · 2023-04-14T07:03:39Z

#1271 (comment)
if you already use some of firebase libraries, you can fix this issue like this

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SwiftDriver compilation error: com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute #1271

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SwiftDriver compilation error: com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute #1271

SwiftDriver compilation error: com.apple.xcode.tools.swift.compiler is not absolute #1271

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