yonaskolb / yonaskolb/XcodeGen
sdk declaration should accept ".a" files
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Description
The current validation check for sdk definitions to be either .framework or .tbd is a little too tight. It would be useful to also accept .a as an extension and to treat them as-is (i.e. no additional path specification). This allows the library search path to be specified in the central xcconfig and the library name to be used in the project (rather than always having to specify the full path with a leading "/").
I'd be happy to contribute a patch for this if it sounds acceptable. Cheers!
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the SDK definition validation that currently accepts only .framework and .tbd files, then inspect how those extensions are handled. Confirm that .a definitions are accepted as-is without an additional path and that the existing library search path and library name behavior is preserved.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100