Xcode 15 beta 3 linker issue: ld: warning: duplicate -rpath

Hello,

In Xcode 15 beta 3, if a project embedded a Swift package (no matter static or dynamic), and the package has its own dependencies, the linker will always emit following warning:

ld: warning: duplicate -rpath '/Users/.../Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/MyApp.../Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/PackageFrameworks' ignored

The warning is not appeared on beta 2 and beta 1.

Reproduce Steps

  • [1] Create a new iOS project in Xcode 15 beta 3
  • [2] Create a new Swift package MyLibrary, and add any dependency in the Package.swift. Example:
// swift-tools-version: 5.9

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "MyLibrary",
    platforms: [.iOS(.v16)],
    products: [
        .library(name: "MyLibrary", targets: ["MyLibrary"]),
    ],
    dependencies: [
        // 👀 Add any dependency to this package.
        // Here I use "Version" which is a simple pure swift package:
        .package(url: "https://github.com/mxcl/Version.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "2.0.0")),
    ],
    targets: [
        .target(name: "MyLibrary", dependencies: ["Version",]),
    ]
)
  • [3] In the project page, embed MyLibrary into the iOS app target.
  • [4] Build the project. It will succeed but with link warnings.

In addition, if you create a dynamic framework and embed MyLibrary, the warnings also reproduce. And this is only a simple case. In my real project, the linker will also emit a lot of warnings like this:

ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_LABEL_PROTOCOL_$__TtP10SPConfetti18SPConfettiDelegate_
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_PROTOCOL_REFERENCE_$__TtP10SPConfetti18SPConfettiDelegate_
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_LABEL_PROTOCOL_$_NSURLSessionDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_LABEL_PROTOCOL_$_NSURLSessionTaskDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_LABEL_PROTOCOL_$_NSURLSessionDataDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_LABEL_PROTOCOL_$_NSURLSessionDownloadDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_LABEL_PROTOCOL_$_NSObject
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_PROTOCOL_REFERENCE_$_NSURLSessionDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_PROTOCOL_REFERENCE_$_NSURLSessionTaskDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_PROTOCOL_REFERENCE_$_NSURLSessionDataDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_PROTOCOL_REFERENCE_$_NSURLSessionDownloadDelegate
ld: warning: could not associate debug note to atom l_OBJC_PROTOCOL_REFERENCE_$_NSObject

Reported FB12531495

Seeing this too

@interferon Some of the objc libraries failed to link due to this issue. 🥲 Not solved yet.

@Gong did you manage to solve the issue? Im having the same problem with a library of Firebase in the beta 3.

@userkv No. Pleas file a feedback if convenient 🙏

I am seeing this too. No change in code. Just going from beta 2 to beta 3 this appeared.

+1

We have exactly the same issue since Xcode 15 beta 1 - beta 3.

I'm also seeing this. An easy repro is to simply create a macro package and try to build it.

Update: I have downgraded to Xcode 15 beta 2 because my real project couldn't link successfully. I hope this issue will be resolved by next beta. 😫

This seems to be fixed in Beta 4

@interferon I can still reproduce the warning in beta 4 :( using exactly same reproducing steps here.

😫 I can still reproduce the warning in beta 4 using exactly the same reproducing steps in the original post.

Still seeing this in beta 4 as well.

+1, seeing this in Xcode 15 beta 4 as well. I also need to have -ld64 in my Other Linker Flags to use the old linker because PLCrashReporter suffers from a linker error with the new linker (FB12592304). Not sure if that makes a difference.

Update:

It seems that Xcode 15 beta 5 has partially fixed the issue. However, I am still seeing some ld: warning: ignoring duplicate library '-lc++' warnings.

Xcode 15 beta 3 linker issue: ld: warning: duplicate -rpath
 
 
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