macOS custom build tool in xcode

[vertex78]

I am trying to get xcode setup to use scons as the build tool. So in the build tool line under the target I filled in the path to scons, but I keep getting the error: can't exec 'path to scons'

So just to see if it was a permissions problem I reinstalled scons to my home directory, unfortunately I still get the exact same problem. The file exists, i can call it from the command line with no problems.

Can anyone shed any light on what I may be doing wrong here?

 

[chown33]

I am trying to get xcode setup to use scons as the build tool. So in the build tool line under the target I filled in the path to scons, but I keep getting the error: can't exec 'path to scons'

So just to see if it was a permissions problem I reinstalled scons to my home directory, unfortunately I still get the exact same problem. The file exists, i can call it from the command line with no problems.

Can anyone shed any light on what I may be doing wrong here?

Post the exact error message. Don't paraphrase it.

If you're really getting the exact error message "can't exec 'path to scons' ", then it's because you've entered the literal text "path to scons" instead of a pathname like "/Users/vertex78/bin/scons".

Also post the output of this command:

which scons

 

[vertex78]

well which scons tells me /usr/bin/scons

And the error message path has the above path in it.

 

[chown33]

Post the output from these two commands:

ls -ld /usr/bin/scons

file /usr/bin/scons

 

[vertex78]

ls -ld /usr/bin/scons gives:

-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  5889 Dec 21  2008 /usr/bin/scons

file /usr/bin/scons gives:

/usr/bin/scons: a python script text executable

 

[robbieduncan]

If you type /usr/bin/scons at a command prompt in the terminal what is the response?

 

[chown33]

/usr/bin/scons: a python script text executable

Is there a python interpreter available when Xcode tries to run /usr/bin/scons?

Post the output from this command:

head -n 3 /usr/bin/scons

The first line (with the #!) should show how the script's interpreter is being started.

 

[vertex78]

output from head -n 3 /usr/bin/scons

#! /usr/bin/env python
#
# SCons - a Software Constructor

 

[robbieduncan]

So far it all looks OK. I tried the interpreter line and it's executable. Can you post a screenshot of the exact line in XCode?