CocoaPods 1.15.0 : `File exists @ syserr_fail2_in` Error - Workaround available

[nikodraca]

Description

This is brand new install following the RN development guide. The error code is not giving a lot of context even with verbose flag.

Steps to reproduce

1. cd ios
2. bundle install
3. bundle exec pod install --verbose

React Native Version

0.73.2

Affected Platforms

Build - MacOS

Output of npx react-native info

System:
 OS: macOS 14.2.1
 CPU: (8) arm64 Apple M1 Pro
 Memory: 521.81 MB / 16.00 GB
 Shell:
 version: "5.9"
 path: /bin/zsh
Binaries:
 Node:
 version: 18.18.2
 path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.2/bin/node
 Yarn:
 version: 1.22.21
 path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.2/bin/yarn
 npm:
 version: 9.8.1
 path: ~/.nvm/versions/node/v18.18.2/bin/npm
 Watchman: Not Found
Managers:
 CocoaPods: Not Found
SDKs:
 iOS SDK:
 Platforms:
 - DriverKit 23.2
 - iOS 17.2
 - macOS 14.2
 - tvOS 17.2
 - visionOS 1.0
 - watchOS 10.2
 Android SDK: Not Found
IDEs:
 Android Studio: Not Found
 Xcode:
 version: 15.2/15C500b
 path: /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
 Java:
 version: 21.0.2
 path: /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/bin/javac
 Ruby:
 version: 3.2.1
 path: /Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/bin/ruby
npmPackages:
 "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
 react:
 installed: 18.2.0
 wanted: 18.2.0
 react-native:
 installed: 0.73.2
 wanted: 0.73.2
 react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
 "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
 hermesEnabled: true
 newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
 hermesEnabled: Not found
 newArchEnabled: false

Stacktrace or Logs

/.../vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/bin/pod install

Stack

 CocoaPods : 1.15.0
 Ruby : ruby 3.2.1 (2023-02-08 revision 31819e82c8) [arm64-darwin23]
 RubyGems : 3.4.6
 Host : macOS 14.2.1 (23C71)
 Xcode : 15.2 (15C500b)
 Git : git version 2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
Ruby lib dir : /Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib
Repositories : trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/

Plugins

cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.5
cocoapods-plugins : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search : 1.0.1
cocoapods-trunk : 1.6.0
cocoapods-try : 1.2.0

Podfile

# Resolve react_native_pods.rb with node to allow for hoisting
require Pod::Executable.execute_command('node', ['-p',
 'require.resolve(
 "react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb",
 {paths: [process.argv[1]]},
 )', __dir__]).strip

platform :ios, min_ios_version_supported
prepare_react_native_project!

# If you are using a `react-native-flipper` your iOS build will fail when `NO_FLIPPER=1` is set.
# because `react-native-flipper` depends on (FlipperKit,...) that will be excluded
#
# To fix this you can also exclude `react-native-flipper` using a `react-native.config.js`
# 
# module.exports = {
# dependencies: {
# ...(process.env.NO_FLIPPER ? { 'react-native-flipper': { platforms: { ios: null } } } : {}),
# ```
flipper_config = ENV['NO_FLIPPER'] == "1" ? FlipperConfiguration.disabled : FlipperConfiguration.enabled

linkage = ENV['USE_FRAMEWORKS']
if linkage != nil
 Pod::UI.puts "Configuring Pod with #{linkage}ally linked Frameworks".green
 use_frameworks! :linkage => linkage.to_sym
end

target 'fitcheq' do
 config = use_native_modules!

 use_react_native!(
 :path => config[:reactNativePath],
 # Enables Flipper.
 #
 # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
 # you should disable the next line.
 :flipper_configuration => flipper_config,
 # An absolute path to your application root.
 :app_path => "#{Pod::Config.instance.installation_root}/.."
 )

 target 'fitcheqTests' do
 inherit! :complete
 # Pods for testing
 end

 post_install do |installer|
 # https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/main/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb#L197-L202
 react_native_post_install(
 installer,
 config[:reactNativePath],
 :mac_catalyst_enabled => false
 )
 end
end

Error

Errno::EEXIST - File exists @ syserr_fail2_in - /Users/nikodraca/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/Pods/External/hermes-engine/6ef44e4a609ea85b35328bf8b605bebb-b361c/destroot/Library/Frameworks/universal/hermes.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-maccatalyst/hermes.framework/Resources
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2266:in `symlink'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2266:in `copy'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:1058:in `block in copy_entry'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2397:in `wrap_traverse'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2400:in `block in wrap_traverse'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2399:in `each'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2399:in `wrap_traverse'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:1055:in `copy_entry'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:1000:in `block in cp_r'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2481:in `block in fu_each_src_dest'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2490:in `block in fu_each_src_dest0'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2488:in `each'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2488:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:2479:in `fu_each_src_dest'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/lib/ruby/3.2.0/fileutils.rb:999:in `cp_r'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:343:in `block (2 levels) in copy_files'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:341:in `each'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:341:in `block in copy_files'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:128:in `lock'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:99:in `write_lock'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:332:in `copy_files'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:269:in `block (2 levels) in uncached_pod'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:265:in `each'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:265:in `block in uncached_pod'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:291:in `in_tmpdir'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:238:in `uncached_pod'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader/cache.rb:33:in `download_pod'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/downloader.rb:42:in `download'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/pod_source_downloader.rb:69:in `download!'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/pod_source_installer.rb:117:in `download_source'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer/pod_source_installer.rb:67:in `install!'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:621:in `install_source_of_pod'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:539:in `block (2 levels) in install_pod_sources'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:86:in `titled_section'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:538:in `block in install_pod_sources'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:535:in `each'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:535:in `install_pod_sources'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:258:in `block in download_dependencies'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/user_interface.rb:64:in `section'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:257:in `download_dependencies'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/installer.rb:163:in `install!'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/command/install.rb:52:in `run'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/claide-1.1.0/lib/claide/command.rb:334:in `run'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/lib/cocoapods/command.rb:52:in `run'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/cocoapods-1.15.0/bin/pod:55:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/bin/pod:25:in `load'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/bin/pod:25:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:63:in `load'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:63:in `kernel_load'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/cli/exec.rb:28:in `run'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/cli.rb:476:in `exec'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in `invoke_command'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:399:in `dispatch'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/cli.rb:30:in `dispatch'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:476:in `start'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/cli.rb:24:in `start'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/exe/bundle:46:in `block in <top (required)>'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/friendly_errors.rb:123:in `with_friendly_errors'
/Users/nikodraca/Documents/Projects/fitcheq/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.2.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/exe/bundle:34:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/bin/bundle:25:in `load'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/bin/bundle:25:in `<main>'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:22:in `eval'
/Users/nikodraca/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.2.1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:22:in `<main>'

Reproducer

https://github.com/nikodraca/fitcheq

Screenshots and Videos

No response

[Tonmaiipc]

I'd like to report the same issue with additional info.

I've tried:

• removing the hermes cache rm -rf /Users/user/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/Pods/External/hermes-engine/
• reinstalling gem, ffi
• tried both gem's and brew's CocoaPods

All yielded the same result.

Here is my setup,

Command

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/cocoapods/1.15.0/libexec/bin/pod install --verbose

Stack

 CocoaPods : 1.15.0
 Ruby : ruby 3.3.0 (2023-12-25 revision 5124f9ac75) [arm64-darwin23]
 RubyGems : 3.5.4
 Host : macOS 14.3 (23D56)
 Xcode : 15.2 (15C500b)
 Git : git version 2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)
Ruby lib dir : /opt/homebrew/Cellar/ruby/3.3.0/lib
Repositories : trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/

Plugins

cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.5
cocoapods-plugins : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search : 1.0.1
cocoapods-trunk : 1.6.0
cocoapods-try : 1.2.0

[diegopereiraeng]

same problem here:

Installing hermes-engine (0.73.2)

[!] Error installing hermes-engine

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Command

/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/bin/pod install

Report

• What did you do?

• What did you expect to happen?

• What happened instead?

Stack

 CocoaPods : 1.15.0
 Ruby : ruby 3.1.4p223 (2023-03-30 revision 957bb7cb81) [x86_64-darwin22]
 RubyGems : 3.4.12
 Host : macOS 13.3.1 (22E261)
 Xcode : 14.2 (14C18)
 Git : git version 2.40.0
Ruby lib dir : /Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib
Repositories : trunk - CDN - https://cdn.cocoapods.org/

Plugins

cocoapods-deintegrate : 1.0.5
cocoapods-plugins : 1.0.0
cocoapods-search : 1.0.1
cocoapods-trunk : 1.6.0
cocoapods-try : 1.2.0

Podfile

# Resolve react_native_pods.rb with node to allow for hoisting
require Pod::Executable.execute_command('node', ['-p',
 'require.resolve(
 "react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb",
 {paths: [process.argv[1]]},
 )', __dir__]).strip

platform :ios, min_ios_version_supported
# prepare_react_native_project!
# Prepare React Native project (if this method is defined in react_native_pods.rb)
prepare_react_native_project! if defined?(prepare_react_native_project!)


# If you are using a `react-native-flipper` your iOS build will fail when `NO_FLIPPER=1` is set.
# because `react-native-flipper` depends on (FlipperKit,...) that will be excluded
#
# To fix this you can also exclude `react-native-flipper` using a `react-native.config.js`
# ```js
# module.exports = {
# dependencies: {
# ...(process.env.NO_FLIPPER ? { 'react-native-flipper': { platforms: { ios: null } } } : {}),
# ```
flipper_config = ENV['NO_FLIPPER'] == "1" ? FlipperConfiguration.disabled : FlipperConfiguration.enabled

linkage = ENV['USE_FRAMEWORKS']
if linkage != nil
 Pod::UI.puts "Configuring Pod with #{linkage}ally linked Frameworks".green
 use_frameworks! :linkage => linkage.to_sym
end

target 'HarnessReact' do
 config = use_native_modules!


 use_react_native!(
 :path => config[:reactNativePath],
 # Enables Flipper.
 #
 # Note that if you have use_frameworks! enabled, Flipper will not work and
 # you should disable the next line.
 :flipper_configuration => flipper_config,
 # An absolute path to your application root.
 :app_path => "#{Pod::Config.instance.installation_root}/.."
 )

 target 'HarnessReactTests' do
 inherit! :complete
 # Pods for testing
 end

 # post_install do |installer|
 # # https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/main/packages/react-native/scripts/react_native_pods.rb#L197-L202
 # react_native_post_install(
 # installer,
 # config[:reactNativePath],
 # :mac_catalyst_enabled => false
 # )
 # end
end

Error

Errno::EEXIST - File exists @ syserr_fail2_in - /Users/anka/Library/Caches/CocoaPods/Pods/External/hermes-engine/6ef44e4a609ea85b35328bf8b605bebb-b361c/destroot/Library/Frameworks/universal/hermes.xcframework/ios-arm64_x86_64-maccatalyst/hermes.framework/Resources
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1370:in `symlink'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1370:in `copy'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:490:in `block in copy_entry'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1493:in `wrap_traverse'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1496:in `block in wrap_traverse'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1495:in `each'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1495:in `wrap_traverse'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:487:in `copy_entry'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:461:in `block in cp_r'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1577:in `block in fu_each_src_dest'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1586:in `block in fu_each_src_dest0'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1584:in `each'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1584:in `fu_each_src_dest0'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:1575:in `fu_each_src_dest'
/Users/anka/.rbenv/versions/3.1.4/lib/ruby/3.1.0/fileutils.rb:460:in `cp_r'

[allynsweet]

I'm seeing this only happen when using CocoaPods 1.15.0, which was released 7 hours ago. Using CocoaPods 1.14 works without error for me.

It appears the stack traces posted here are all using 1.15.0 as well.

As a workaround, you could pin the CocoaPods version to the last stable release for 1.14 until it gets resolved for 1.15.
For gem:

gem install cocoapods -v 1.14.3

Or using brew (brew doesn't have version pinning for cocoapods):

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/1364b74ebeedb2eab300d62c99e12f2a6f344277/Formula/c/cocoapods.rb > cocoapods.rb
brew install cocoapods.rb

[diegopereiraeng]

amazing, thank you very much, downgrading to 1.14 solved my problem.

gem install cocoapods -v 1.14.3

[edwin-nel]

Using @allynsweet solution, you can as another workaround, modify the Gemfile and set the CocoaPods version to 1.14

gem 'cocoapods', '1.14'

[rbndg]

I had this issue and downgrading cocoapods did work for me too

[2xSamurai]

Same. Downgrading to 1.14 worked for me as well.

[cipolleschi]

Someone already opened an issue in the Cocoapods repo: CocoaPods/CocoaPods#12226

The workaround, so far, is to downgrade to Cocoapods 1.14.