carthage copy-frameworks produces "The file couldn’t be saved." error #3056

adbqpa · 2020-09-21T23:07:29Z

carthage install method: [x] .pkg, [x] homebrew, [x] source
which carthage:
carthage version: 0.36.0
xcodebuild -version: Build version 11E801a
Are you using --no-build? No
Are you using --no-use-binaries? No
Are you using --use-submodules? No
Are you using --cache-builds? Yes
Are you using --new-resolver? No

Actual outcome
Xcode project build fails, because command "carthage copy-frameworks" returns non zero result, with error: "The file couldn’t be saved."
My investigation showed that the problem was a failed attempt to create a temporary directory due to reaching the maximum allowed limit of 1000 temporary directories. I found information about this limit on the forum https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/128927
The complete error looks like this: Error Domain = NSCocoaErrorDomain Code = 512 "The file couldn’t be saved."
The code in which the error occurs:

public func createTemporaryDirectoryWithTemplate (_ template: String, destinationURL: URL) -> SignalProducer <URL, CarthageError> {
return SignalProducer {[base = self.base] () -> Result <String, CarthageError> in
      let temporaryDirectory: NSString
      do {
        temporaryDirectory = try base.url (
          for: .itemReplacementDirectory,
          in: .userDomainMask,
          appropriateFor: destinationURL,
          create: true
        )
        .path as NSString
      } catch {
>>>>>>> return .failure (.internalError (description: error.localizedDescription)) <<<<<<< error stopping the build here
      }
.............

Expected outcome
Carthage should clean up the created temporary folders at the end of the work in order not to reach this limit, or issue human-readable errors with guidance for further actions, instead of the system error "The file couldn’t be saved."

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Droppix · 2020-09-22T08:20:12Z

same error
after some time, i have "The file couldn’t be saved."

/bin/sh -c /Users/xxxx/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/xxxxx-fmaccoypantpmwcbvalvgebzktwd/Build/Intermediates.noindex/xxxxx.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/xxxx.build/Script-2D6F48152518F1F300CCDBE0.sh

"The file couldn’t be saved.
Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code

The contents of Script-2D6F48152518F1F300CCDBE0.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Type a script or drag a script file from your workspace to insert its path.
/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

Only one solution for me : Reboot MAC (clean derived data, don't work!)

adbqpa · 2020-09-22T08:31:41Z

Only one solution for me : Reboot MAC (clean derived data, don't work!)

Clearing DerivedData should not help, the problem is in the $TMPDIR/TemporaryItems folder, hypothetically, it should be cleared when the computer is restarted, which in theory should help, but on my build machine, frequent reboots are not possible

caobug · 2020-09-22T09:00:53Z

Add to run scripts

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}/TemporaryItems/*carthage*
/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

PierreBrisorgueil · 2020-09-22T09:18:25Z

@caobug tempo fix work for me 👍

kokluch · 2020-09-22T13:44:35Z

+1

ryecroft · 2020-09-23T08:40:37Z

Thanks @caobug. I had to remove the first forward-slash from the command to get it to work:

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/*carthage*
/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

Otherwise it was resulting in a path like /var/folders/f1/5dssh6dx6rs_c9gbf039djww0000gn/T//TemporaryItems/.

AlexisQapa · 2020-09-23T09:46:08Z

I ran into this issue and restarting solved the issue. The proposed fix in the comments didn't worked for me thought (with and without the /)

maqoo · 2020-09-24T07:34:27Z

I started to face this issue today morning and after I deleted all from TemporaryItems directory I was able to build successfully.

kientux · 2020-09-26T08:57:22Z

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/*carthage*

This command does not work on my machine, I tried to run it on Terminal and it gives Operation not permitted error.
Solution for who doesn't want to restart is to remove those temporary items manually by opening the $TMPDIR in Finder. Run this in Terminal:

open $TMPDIR/TemporaryItems

then just remove all directories created by Carthage (named (A Document Being Saved By carthage))

stepheng · 2020-09-28T08:21:29Z

@kientux You can work around it by enabling Full Disk Access for Terminal (or, your build manager if you're using CI with remote machines).

pjcau · 2020-09-28T10:54:34Z

@kientux I had the same issue, so you should enable Xcode App on Full Disk Access.

norbdev · 2020-09-29T14:52:05Z

macOS 10.15.6, Xcode 12.0.1

Only the (Xcode) "Full Disk Access" not working for me, have to add this:

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/*carthage*
/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

pjcau · 2020-09-29T15:25:33Z

@norbdev I Use this lines
echo "TMPDIR is ${TMPDIR}" rm -rf ${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/ /usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

simonpierreroy · 2020-09-30T18:55:01Z

At scale on CI machines, the limit is reached pretty fast. Most of my CI machines reached the 1000 limit inside TemporaryItems in a day! But indeed, removing item in "${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/" will fix it for now. @adbqpa perfectly identified the issues #3056 (comment), thank you.

nnduc · 2020-10-02T02:27:47Z

Add to run scripts

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}/TemporaryItems/*carthage*
/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

Thank @caobug . It's work

Droppix · 2020-10-02T07:36:29Z

@norbdev
I have same error, rm -rf ${TMPDIR}/TemporaryItems/*carthage*work only on Terminal, but not in XCode.
Would you have found a solution

raducanb · 2020-10-02T07:38:04Z

@Droppix have you tried enabling full disk access for Xcode?

Droppix · 2020-10-02T07:41:04Z

@raducanb
Sorry but yes, I knew it was checked! Thanks, it's ok, it works!

SValchyshyn · 2020-10-08T13:19:50Z

Add to run scripts

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}/TemporaryItems/*carthage*
/usr/local/bin/carthage copy-frameworks

If we do it this way on CI machine, it means fetching and building dependencies each time. Do we have a better approach? @simonpierreroy do you have such a problem?

tmspzz · 2020-10-08T14:54:34Z

@SValchyshyn you want to delete just *carthage-lipo*

geoherna · 2020-10-28T07:54:35Z

Enabling full disk access for Xcode solved this issue for me.

Johennes · 2020-10-30T07:19:36Z

Is there any built-in fix for this coming up? If #3047 introduced this, could that change be reverted? As far as I understand #3047 tried to fix a sporadic issue. However, the new issue is deterministic now and impacts all our CI setups.

aivcec · 2020-11-11T13:31:34Z

This happens on my CI machine as well. None of the fixes above work. I have to manually restart the machine.
Xcode 11.7, macOS 10.15.2

Johennes · 2020-11-12T12:42:05Z

@jdhealy / @tmspzz any thoughts on reverting #3047? Periodically logging into our CI servers to delete temporary files doesn't sound like a real solution.

joelfischerr · 2020-11-12T12:50:31Z

This happens on my CI machine as well. None of the fixes above work. I have to manually restart the machine.

Xcode 11.7, macOS 10.15.2

This looks like it could be caused by a CI runner without proper access rights. Have you checked whether it also has full disk access rights?

trzeciak · 2020-11-16T19:09:08Z

If you use TeamCity as the CI, its probably overrides $TMPDIR, therefore I try this workaround as a (Custom script) TeamCity Build Step:

echo 'import Foundation
let ls = Process()
ls.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/bin/env")
ls.arguments = ["bash", "-c", "set -x && rm -rfv " + NSTemporaryDirectory() + "TemporaryItems/*carthage*"]
try ls.run()
' | swift

(I haven't found a simpler method to recover $TMPDIR)

anton-plebanovich · 2020-11-20T17:50:17Z

This one works in Xcode run scripts:

for i in {1..1000}; do
    dir_name="${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/(A Document Being Saved By carthage ${i})"
    [ -e "${dir_name}" ] && rm -rf "${dir_name}"
done

aivcec · 2020-12-02T15:49:38Z

~~Still happens to me and I don't believe its a permission issue.~~
EDIT: I didn't give permission to the terminal, only to Xcode.

EDIT2: Problems persists even with added permissions

I also see it happen on carthage bootstrap.

ObjectiveCesar · 2020-12-17T12:01:54Z

Any news on this one?

ozgur · 2020-12-20T15:33:12Z

rm -rf ${TMPDIR}TemporaryItems/*carthage*

This command does not work on my machine, I tried to run it on Terminal and it gives Operation not permitted error.
Solution for who doesn't want to restart is to remove those temporary items manually by opening the $TMPDIR in Finder. Run this in Terminal:

open $TMPDIR/TemporaryItems

then just remove all directories created by Carthage (named (A Document Being Saved By carthage))

For those who don't want to do that manually, I've written a simple python script in order to navigate around that nasty Operation not permitted error:

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import glob
import os
import shutil
import tempfile

if __name__ == "__main__":
    tmpdir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), "TemporaryItems")
    for f in glob.glob(f'{tmpdir}/*carthage*/'):
        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(tmpdir, f), ignore_errors=True)

then on terminal

$ python /path/to/script.py

should clean the folders inside tmp folder created by Carthage.

PS: Don't forget to grant write permission: sudo chmod -R +w "${TMPDIR}"

clarissaj · 2021-01-15T22:27:10Z

FYI it looks like this issue is fixed in the latest release!! (0.36.1) 🎉🎉🎉🎉

ObjectiveCesar · 2021-01-16T11:25:39Z

FYI it looks like this issue is fixed in the latest release!! (0.36.1) 🎉🎉🎉🎉

That would be awesome. I‘ll try to verify that on Monday. Thanks for the heads-up!

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renep pushed a commit to openbakery/SwiftHamcrestAutolayoutMatchers that referenced this issue Sep 22, 2020

Fix for carthage 0.36. See Carthage/Carthage#3056

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copy-frameworks script phase fails with 0.36.0 #3054

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Update createTemporaryDirectoryWithTemplate to create temp dirs on th… #3047

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carthage copy-frameworks produces "The file couldn’t be saved." error #3056

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