Xcode: Cannot parse the debug map for .. is a directory

Question

I'm trying to link my iPhone simulator project and I'm getting the following error at link time:

(null): error: cannot parse the debug map for "/Users/admin/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TrainTracks-agvvryrtufplkxecblncwedcelck/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TrainTracks.app/TrainTracks": Is a directory

Here's the linker output:

GenerateDSYMFile /Users/admin/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TrainTracks-agvvryrtufplkxecblncwedcelck/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TrainTracks.app.dSYM /Users/admin/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TrainTracks-agvvryrtufplkxecblncwedcelck/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TrainTracks.app/TrainTracks
    cd /Work/TrainTracks/TrainTracks
    export PATH="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/usr/bin:/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
    /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/dsymutil /Users/admin/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TrainTracks-agvvryrtufplkxecblncwedcelck/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TrainTracks.app/TrainTracks -o /Users/admin/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TrainTracks-agvvryrtufplkxecblncwedcelck/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TrainTracks.app.dSYM

error: cannot parse the debug map for "/Users/admin/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/TrainTracks-agvvryrtufplkxecblncwedcelck/Build/Products/Debug-iphonesimulator/TrainTracks.app/TrainTracks": Is a directory

What would cause this problem?

I started off with a Game template (Xcode 7.2.1) and deleted the main story board and AppDelegate.* files since this is an SDL cross-platform project.

Answer 1

This problem was caused by a second inclusion of a TrainTracks folder in my project. I already had a yellow TrainTracks group with all of my source but for some reason Xcode was also showing a blue TrackTracks folder as well. This has a duplicate info.plist and other files. I removed the blue folder reference and the project now builds successfully.

Answer 2

If you are using CocoaPods, and you get this error after changing the name of your Target, click on your target, go to the General tab, scroll down to "Linked Frameworks and Libraries" and then delete the following library:

libPods-YourOldTargetName.a