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OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS keychain flag ignored?

I have just learned about the possibility to use OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS to specify the keychain which includes the cert needed for building and signing an app. But unfortunately I cannot get it to work.

My script looks something like this:

#!/bin/bash
TARGET="MyProject"
CONFIGURATION="Release"
SDK="iphoneos"
IDENTITY="iPhone Developer: John Doe (XX22RR22O)"
KEYCHAIN="/Users/username/Library/Keychains/someKeyChain.keychain"
PASSWORD=""

security unlock-keychain -p ${PASSWORD} ${KEYCHAIN}
xcodebuild -target "${TARGET}" -configuration ${CONFIGURATION} -sdk $SDK CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="${IDENTITY}" OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS="--keychain ${KEYCHAIN}"

But that fails:

Check dependencies
[BEROR]Code Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Developer: John Doe (XX22RR22O)' doesn't match any valid certificate/private key pair in the default keychain

But if I switch to the keychain first it works but that is not useable on a build server where multiple builds could happen simultaneously:

#!/bin/bash
TARGET="MyProject"
CONFIGURATION="Release"
SDK="iphoneos"
IDENTITY="iPhone Developer: John Doe (XX22RR22O)"
KEYCHAIN="/Users/username/Library/Keychains/someKeyChain.keychain"
PASSWORD=""

security unlock-keychain -p ${PASSWORD} ${KEYCHAIN}
security default-keychain -s ${KEYCHAIN}
xcodebuild -target "${TARGET}" -configuration ${CONFIGURATION} -sdk $SDK CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="${IDENTITY}" OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS="--keychain ${KEYCHAIN}"

Hope you guys can help -Morten

Solution

  • The answer is to upgrade: Xcode 4.3 respects the OTHER_CODE_SIGN_FLAGS flag during the Check dependencies build step.