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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-101695

Detect overriding of an existing signature and exit early saying to use -codesign

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      macdeployqt uses install_name_tool to modify the rpaths embedded in the binaries / frameworks / libraries it processes.

      On arm mac machines like M1, if one of the processed binaries has an explicit signature (not a ad-hoc one added implicitly by the linker), using install_name_tool will break the signature.
      Running the app will then fail (killed).
      Console shows

      CODE SIGNING: process 86140[app]: rejecting invalid page at address 0x104324000 from offset 0x0 in file "~/small_app_and_lib_signed/build/app.app/Contents/Frameworks/Core.framework/Versions/A/Core" (cs_mtime:1647280809.427209526 == mtime:1647280809.427209526) (signed:1 validated:1 tainted:1 nx:0 wpmapped:0 dirty:0 depth:0)
      

      This can be fixed by calling macdeployqt with codesign option, which will override the broken signature with a new valid one.

      It would be nice if macdeployqt detected this situation, and exited early telling the user they should rerun macdeployqt with -codesign.

      Sample cmake project to reproduce the issue without qt and macdeloyqt on an m1 mac:

      cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
      project(proj)
      set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
      
      file(GENERATE OUTPUT "core.cpp" CONTENT "\
      int foo() { return 0; }")
      
      add_library(Core SHARED core.cpp)
      set_target_properties(Core PROPERTIES
          FRAMEWORK 1
          LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/app.app/Contents/Frameworks"
      )
      
      file(GENERATE OUTPUT "main.cpp" CONTENT "\
      extern int foo();
      int main(int, char**) {
          int a = foo();
          return 0;
      }")
      
      add_executable(app MACOSX_BUNDLE main.cpp)
      target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE Core)
      
      set(core_path ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/app.app/Contents/Frameworks/Core.framework/Core)
      add_custom_target(clean_rpath ALL
          COMMAND sh -c
                  "install_name_tool -delete_rpath foo ${core_path} || /usr/bin/true"
          VERBATIM
      )
      add_dependencies(clean_rpath Core app)
      add_custom_target(sign ALL
          COMMAND codesign -vvv --sign - --force
                  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/app.app/Contents/Frameworks/Core.framework/Core"
          VERBATIM
      )
      add_dependencies(sign clean_rpath)
      add_custom_target(modify ALL
          COMMAND sh -c
                  "install_name_tool -add_rpath foo ${core_path} || /usr/bin/true"
          VERBATIM
      )
      add_dependencies(modify sign)
      

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