xcodebuild - Build Succeeded -> Bus error

Question

I'm using xcodebuild to compile my project. I use this on the command line:

xcodebuild -sdk iphoneos4.0 -configuration Distribution

It returns with the regular build information scrolling by, then shows this:

** BUILD SUCCEEDED **

Bus error

The package is built fine, so I'm not sure what is causing the Bus error after a successful build. Normally this wouldn't be a problem and I could ignore it, but the Bus error is killing my automation script. What is the cause of this bus error?

Another interesting side note, I also get the bus error even if the build fails due to a code sign error.

Edit: I tried putting more RAM in the machine, up to 2GB, in hopes that this would fix the bus error. It didn't.

Answer 1

xcodebuild is a shell script which must be running a process after the "BUILD SUCCEEDED" message that is faulting and generating the error. The best way to debug shell scripts is to put

set -x

as the first line of the script which will show the text of commands before the shell executes them.