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Building for macOS target fails when installed from website, codesigning fails with "bundle format is ambiguous" #77173

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@ridiculousfish

Update by @christopherfujino
This was caused by a bug in the script that generates the SDK packages for the website not properly handling symlinks. If your current install is affected, you can fix it by:

  1. Downloading the latest stable or beta packages from the website.
  2. Issuing the command: $ rm -rf path/to/flutter/bin/cache/artifacts/engine/darwin-x64* in your flutter repo, to delete the bad artifacts. The next time you issue flutter run or flutter build, the tool will identify that the artifacts are missing, and re-download them correctly.

I am new to Flutter. I am trying to follow the steps in Test Drive to build a macOS app, but the macos_assemble.sh script is failing:

 codesign --force --verbose --sign - -- /Users/peter/flutter/myapp/build/macos/Build/Products/Debug/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/FlutterMacOS.framework/FlutterMacOS
 /Users/peter/flutter/myapp/build/macos/Build/Products/Debug/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/FlutterMacOS.framework/FlutterMacOS: replacing existing signature
 /Users/peter/flutter/myapp/build/macos/Build/Products/Debug/myapp.app/Contents/Frameworks/FlutterMacOS.framework/FlutterMacOS: bundle format is ambiguous (could be app or framework)

To reproduce:

  1. flutter create myapp
  2. cd myapp
  3. flutter run
  4. choose macOS

System is macOS 11.2.1, Xcode 12.4 (12D4e), Intel MBP

Logs

Verbose logs are at this gist

flutter doctor -v
[✓] Flutter (Channel stable, 2.0.0, on macOS 11.2.1 20D74 darwin-x64, locale en-US)
    • Flutter version 2.0.0 at /Users/peter/flutter/flutter
    • Framework revision 60bd88df91 (3 hours ago), 2021-03-03 09:13:17 -0800
    • Engine revision 40441def69
    • Dart version 2.12.0

[✗] Android toolchain - develop for Android devices
    ✗ Unable to locate Android SDK.
      Install Android Studio from: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      On first launch it will assist you in installing the Android SDK components.
      (or visit https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#android-setup for detailed instructions).
      If the Android SDK has been installed to a custom location, please use
      `flutter config --android-sdk` to update to that location.


[✓] Xcode - develop for iOS and macOS
    • Xcode at /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
    • Xcode 12.4, Build version 12D4e
    • CocoaPods version 1.10.1

[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
    • Chrome at /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome

[!] Android Studio (not installed)
    • Android Studio not found; download from https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
      (or visit https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#android-setup for detailed instructions).

[✓] VS Code (version 1.53.2)
    • VS Code at /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents
    • Flutter extension version 3.20.0

[✓] Connected device (2 available)
    • macOS (desktop) • macos  • darwin-x64     • macOS 11.2.1 20D74 darwin-x64
    • Chrome (web)    • chrome • web-javascript • Google Chrome 88.0.4324.192

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