Other pods can't use this pod as a dependency.

[cjcaufield]

Since Cocoapods 0.36, podspecs generate frameworks and require their dependencies to also be frameworks. However, the OpenSSL pod isn't built as a framework.

There is an article about this change here:
https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-0.36/

Have you heard about this issue? Any ideas? Thanks.

[cjcaufield]

Specifically, when running pod lib lint on a podspec that depends on the OpenSSL pod, the following error is given:

- ERROR | [iOS] unknown: Encountered an unknown error (

The 'Pods' target has transitive dependencies that include static binaries: (

/private/var/folders/82/760vjvcs0q59xh4sd7r0l_l80000gn/T/CocoaPods/Lint/Pods/OpenSSL/lib/libcrypto.a and
/private/var/folders/82/760vjvcs0q59xh4sd7r0l_l80000gn/T/CocoaPods/Lint/Pods/OpenSSL/lib/libssl.a

)) during validation.

There's more discussion at:
CocoaPods/CocoaPods#2926
CocoaPods/CocoaPods#3194
CocoaPods/CocoaPods#3267

[geraldeersteling]

Any progress yet?
Why can't OpenSSL just be converted to a dynamic library...

[BB9z]

@cjcaufield @gerald-coddut Have you ever tried import OpenSSL as a target dependency before the framework?

eg.

target 'SomeTarget' do
    pod 'OpenSSL'
    pod 'FrameworkRequiresOpenSSL'
end

[geraldeersteling]

@BB9z
Nope haven't tried it (or maybe I unconsciously did try it), but what difference will (should) it make?
The reason it fails and gives the error is because of the fact the pod generates a static library however. Not because other pods in my workspace depend on OpenSSL.

[appsforall]

Same issue here. any progress or solution yet?

[geraldeersteling]

@appsforall

I ended up compiling my own openSSL.framework as Cocoapods was just unable to provide it for me.

[sunnymopada]

@appsforall How did you do it? . I need to use this pod in our own pod

[sunnymopada]

@geraldeersteling how can I do similar to you?

[geraldeersteling]

@SanyasiraoM if I recall correctly I just compiled the openSSL.framework an added it to my project as an embedded framework...so without Cocoapods

[sunnymopada]

@geraldeersteling Thanks for reply,

Can you point me to some reference, how to do that? I'm new bee in iOS

[geraldeersteling]

Look here, I made the framework with the shell script provided there. afterwards just add it as an embedded framework.