make install fails with Xcode 27: universal build output moved from .build/apple/Products/Release to .build/out/Products/Release

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
74/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
macos, swift
Domain
build-system, cli

Research direction

Start in the Makefile at RELEASEBUILDDIR and compare it with the path returned by swift build --show-bin-path. Check the install, sign, zip, and bottle targets, then verify that they locate the universal xcodes binary under Xcode 27. Done means make install succeeds without the hardcoded-path error.

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Description

Installing xcodes 2.1.0 from source (both the homebrew-core formula and the xcodesorg/made tap, which run make install) fails on macOS 26.6 with Xcode 27.0 (27A266a):

Build complete! (68.59 sec)
install: .../.build/apple/Products/Release/xcodes: No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 71

The Makefile hardcodes RELEASEBUILDDIR = $(BUILDDIR)/apple/Products/Release/xcodes, but Xcode 27's SwiftPM emits multi-arch products under $(BUILDDIR)/out/Products/Release/ instead. The binary is built fine (universal arm64+x86_64, verified with file) — only the install path lookup fails. The sign, zip, and bottle targets are affected too.

Possible fix: resolve the path via swift build --show-bin-path instead of hardcoding it, or check both locations.

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