Stuck with “Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1 ” Error

Question

I am getting the following error in all my the projects after I installed xcode 4.2 in parallel with xcode 3.2.5 I get the error when I create an adhoc bundle for the Tester.

How can I resolve this?

I have gone through following blogs but can't find any solution.

1. Command /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1

2. http://www.iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/9370-codesign-failed-exit-code-1-a.html

3. http://blog.emmerinc.be/index.php/2009/03/26/codesign-failed-with-exit-code-1/
4. /usr/bin/codesign failed with exit code 1

Answer 1

I have seen this error when I manually built and signed an iOS application bundle using a Makefile. In that case my Info.plist was missing the CFBundleResourceSpecification key (should probably have the value ResourceRules.plist). I did some more testing now and it also happens if the key CFBundleExecutable is missing.

CFBundleResourceSpecification should be added in some build phase by Xcode but maybe it's a good idea to check the resulting Info.plist in the build directory if it's really there.

Maybe this blog post could help, it's about codesign finding the wrong Info.plist file (one without CFBundleResourceSpecification)
http://infinite-sushi.com/2010/08/the-case-of-the-missing-cfbundleresourcespecification/