xcodebuild -create-xcframework not working in Xcode 15.0

Hello! I have found a weird behavior change when running xcodebuild -create-xcframework in Xcode 15 compared to running it in Xcode 14.3.1. If I run the command like this in Xcode 15:

xcodebuild 
-create-xcframework 
-framework "pathToFrameworkInATemporaryDirectory"
-debug-symbols "pathToDebugSymbols" 
-output "Something.xcframework"

I get this error:

error: cannot compute path of binary 'Path(str: "temporaryPathToTheUnixExecutableFile")' relative to that of 'temporaryPathToTheFramework'

But if I trace that path to the unix executable file in the framework, it is present.

If I run that same command in Xcode 14.3.1, it works fine.

I can create the xcframework successfully in Xcode 15 if I don't copy the framework to a temporary directory before calling xcodebuild -create-xcframework and I use that original path.

Why is this problem happening now in Xcode 15?

Any help is appreciated, thank you.

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Sorry we mean an xcodebuild of this form (please ignore previous post)

xcodebuild -create-xcframework
-archive "${CUSTOM_DIR_PREFIX}/***-${CONFIGURATION}.xcarchive" -framework "***.framework"
-archive "${CUSTOM_DIR_PREFIX}/***-${CONFIGURATION}.xcarchive" -framework "***.framework"
-output "${FRAMEWORK_LOCATION}"
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  • Above post was posted after a deleted post; we are not the OP but encountered the same problem.

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It might seem that the new xcodebuild has trouble with symlinks; does OP also use symlinks? @klinee101

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I had this same problem and got round it by transforming the symlink into it's real location before running xcodebuild, this then worked for me

eg

TMPDIR=$(cd -P "$TMPDIR" && pwd)
xcodebuild -create-xcframework -framework $TMPDIR/Hello.framework -output Hello.xcframework
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