Cocoa pod v0.39.0 not working with Xcode 8

Question

My current project using cocoa pods of version 0.39.1, and my current pod version in my system is 1.1.1, so when i try to install the cocoa pods in my project path, it gave me warning saying

[!] Invalid Podfile file: [!] Unsupported options {:exclusive=>true} for target Xxx Xxx XxxxTests..

so i have uninstalled pod v1.1.1 and installed 0.39.1. Now when i run install command i get another warning

[!] The master repo requires CocoaPods 1.0.0 - (currently using 0.39.0) Update Cocoapods, or checkout the appropriate tag in the repo.

i'm aware that Xcode 8: Only works with CocoaPods 1.1.0

Should i update my project pod file to latest pod version or should i work with lower version of xcode so it supports v0.39.0

Answer 1

I recently completed a project where I had to migrate a dozen or so (private) Cocoapods from 0.39 up to 1.1.X.

It's actually not that hard, once you get the hang of it (and, at least in my case, the Podfile I put together for 1.1.X continued to work the occasional times I had to drop back down to Pods 0.39)

As you've discovered, you do need to remove ":exclusive => true" and "link_with" (which gets replaced with abstract_target). More information can be found in this Pods migration guide. Here is another "mini" example.

And other people have asked related questions here before. My recommendation is to go up to Xcode 8, otherwise you'll won't be able to do pod update and keep up to date with the latest changes in the Pods you're trying to leverage in your code.