Hi, I have got it so far, that I can load my main shared objects (*.so) within my application bundle within Contents/lib. But I didn't have found any documentation where to locate plugins that I want NOT to be located in the same directory. This is because I scan the directory and use a loose coupled system for my software. My plugins directory was at Contents/Resources/plugins and I was unable to load any of these by the following module name for dlopen. For example ./Contents/Resources/plugins/fooPlugin.so After moving the plugins beside the Contents/lib directory and adopted my path for the parameter to ./Contents/plugins/fooPlugin.so it failed as well. While reading the @rpath install_name_tool, I did not found an example for other than the lib folder . regardless id local/lib ~/lib or whet ever was mentioned. So far, I think, I have gone through the code signing steps with applying entitlements and through notarizing. I think, I miss something around the custom plugin path. Thanks, Lothar

I got so far over the first loading of a so with dlopen. My main plugin, lbModule.so could be loaded after I have set entitlements. Then I was able to load another module from the lib directory, where lbModule.so is located, but that then does not be able to loaf my real plugins: Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbVisitorOperations.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbBasicEventHandlers.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbFileOperationsPlugin.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbCryptoStream.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbDMFXslt.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbwxUpdateChecker.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbDMFBasicActionSteps.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/UserFeedback.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/DatabaseLayerGateway.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbXSLTTransformer.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbDMFDataModel.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbLoginWizard.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbANTLR3.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbDatabaseReport.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbDynamicAppStorage.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbDatabaseForm.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbwxSFDesigner.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/TestPlugin.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbwxPropertyForm.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :lbHook.cpp:992 Kann SO module './wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbUILanguage.so' nicht laden. Pid 59583 :2024. 7.28 - 19:27:30 Datei: lbMetaApplication.cpp Zeile: 1363 Message: Error: Could not load stream operator classes! Should I move the plugin folder out of Resources beside the lib folder? Two examples. The first does not load but the second: Executable=/Users/lothar/develop/Projects/lbdmf/Test/GUI/wxWrapper/wxWrapper.app/Contents/Resources/plugins/lbVisitorOperations.so.0.0.1 Identifier=lbVisitorOperations.so.0 Format=Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=7716 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=232+5 location=embedded Signature size=8978 Timestamp=28. Jul 2024 at 19:26:26 Info.plist=not bound TeamIdentifier=3MPMMGXYRY Runtime Version=14.2.0 Sealed Resources=none Internal requirements count=1 size=184 [Dict] [Key] com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation [Value] [Bool] true lothar@macm2 wxWrapper % codesign -d -v --entitlements - wxwrapper.app/Contents/lib/lbModule.so Executable=/Users/lothar/develop/Projects/lbdmf/Test/GUI/wxWrapper/wxWrapper.app/Contents/lib/lbModule.so.0.0.1 Identifier=lbModule.so.0 Format=Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=2809 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=79+5 location=embedded Signature size=8977 Timestamp=28. Jul 2024 at 19:26:21 Info.plist=not bound TeamIdentifier=3MPMMGXYRY Runtime Version=14.2.0 Sealed Resources=none Internal requirements count=1 size=176 [Dict] [Key] com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation [Value] [Bool] true lothar@macm2 wxWrapper % For today, I have tried enough. I should rename the title and the topic. It is no longer notarization. Regards, Lothar

Here is the second part: Here is the lbModule.so shared object. wxWrapper.app/Contents/lib/lbModule.so: Load command 0 cmd LC_SEGMENT_64 cmdsize 712 segname __TEXT vmaddr 0x0000000000000000 vmsize 0x0000000000034000 fileoff 0 filesize 212992 maxprot 0x00000005 initprot 0x00000005 nsects 8 flags 0x0 Section sectname __text segname __TEXT addr 0x0000000000002634 size 0x000000000002d260 offset 9780 align 2^2 (4) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x80000400 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __stubs segname __TEXT addr 0x000000000002f894 size 0x0000000000000624 offset 194708 align 2^2 (4) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x80000408 reserved1 0 (index into indirect symbol table) reserved2 12 (size of stubs) Section sectname __init_offsets segname __TEXT addr 0x000000000002feb8 size 0x000000000000000c offset 196280 align 2^2 (4) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000016 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __gcc_except_tab segname __TEXT addr 0x000000000002fec4 size 0x0000000000000e34 offset 196292 align 2^2 (4) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000000 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __cstring segname __TEXT addr 0x0000000000030cf8 size 0x0000000000002477 offset 199928 align 2^0 (1) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000002 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __const segname __TEXT addr 0x000000000003316f size 0x0000000000000659 offset 209263 align 2^0 (1) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000000 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __unwind_info segname __TEXT addr 0x00000000000337c8 size 0x0000000000000800 offset 210888 align 2^2 (4) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000000 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __eh_frame segname __TEXT addr 0x0000000000033fc8 size 0x0000000000000038 offset 212936 align 2^3 (8) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x6800000b reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Load command 1 cmd LC_SEGMENT_64 cmdsize 232 segname __DATA_CONST vmaddr 0x0000000000034000 vmsize 0x0000000000004000 fileoff 212992 filesize 16384 maxprot 0x00000003 initprot 0x00000003 nsects 2 flags 0x10 Section sectname __got segname __DATA_CONST addr 0x0000000000034000 size 0x0000000000000438 offset 212992 align 2^3 (8) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000006 reserved1 131 (index into indirect symbol table) reserved2 0 Section sectname __const segname __DATA_CONST addr 0x0000000000034438 size 0x0000000000001368 offset 214072 align 2^3 (8) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000000 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Load command 2 cmd LC_SEGMENT_64 cmdsize 232 segname __DATA vmaddr 0x0000000000038000 vmsize 0x0000000000004000 fileoff 0 filesize 0 maxprot 0x00000003 initprot 0x00000003 nsects 2 flags 0x0 Section sectname __common segname __DATA addr 0x0000000000038000 size 0x0000000000000030 offset 0 align 2^3 (8) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000001 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Section sectname __bss segname __DATA addr 0x0000000000038030 size 0x00000000000003e8 offset 0 align 2^0 (1) reloff 0 nreloc 0 flags 0x00000001 reserved1 0 reserved2 0 Load command 3 cmd LC_SEGMENT_64 cmdsize 72 segname __LINKEDIT vmaddr 0x000000000003c000 vmsize 0x000000000001c000 fileoff 229376 filesize 112128 maxprot 0x00000001 initprot 0x00000001 nsects 0 flags 0x0 Load command 4 cmd LC_DYLD_CHAINED_FIXUPS cmdsize 16 dataoff 229376 datasize 4872 Load command 5 cmd LC_DYLD_EXPORTS_TRIE cmdsize 16 dataoff 234248 datasize 10680 Load command 6 cmd LC_SYMTAB cmdsize 24 symoff 245632 nsyms 2941 stroff 293752 strsize 26816 Load command 7 cmd LC_DYSYMTAB cmdsize 80 ilocalsym 0 nlocalsym 2499 iextdefsym 2499 nextdefsym 375 iundefsym 2874 nundefsym 67 tocoff 0 ntoc 0 modtaboff 0 nmodtab 0 extrefsymoff 0 nextrefsyms 0 indirectsymoff 292688 nindirectsyms 266 extreloff 0 nextrel 0 locreloff 0 nlocrel 0 Load command 8 cmd LC_UUID cmdsize 24 uuid 2A4D2901-8DC0-3AD1-969D-A13D19E01AF4 Load command 9 cmd LC_BUILD_VERSION cmdsize 32 platform 1 minos 13.0 sdk 14.2 ntools 1 tool 3 version 1022.1 Load command 10 cmd LC_SOURCE_VERSION cmdsize 16 version 0.0 Load command 11 cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB cmdsize 96 name @executable_path/../Frameworks/lbHook.framework/Versions/A/lbHook (offset 24) time stamp 2 Thu Jan 1 01:00:02 1970 current version 1.0.0 compatibility version 1.0.0 Load command 12 cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB cmdsize 48 name /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib (offset 24) time stamp 2 Thu Jan 1 01:00:02 1970 current version 1600.157.0 compatibility version 1.0.0 Load command 13 cmd LC_LOAD_DYLIB cmdsize 56 name /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (offset 24) time stamp 2 Thu Jan 1 01:00:02 1970 current version 1336.61.1 compatibility version 1.0.0 Load command 14 cmd LC_FUNCTION_STARTS cmdsize 16 dataoff 244928 datasize 704 Load command 15 cmd LC_DATA_IN_CODE cmdsize 16 dataoff 245632 datasize 0 Load command 16 cmd LC_CODE_SIGNATURE cmdsize 16 dataoff 320576 datasize 20928 Hope that gives me an answer. Thanks, Lothar

I may have found the reason for nt being able to load a library within my application bundle. Are the two libraries starting with /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib the cause, I cannot load the library? I have added an entitlement to disable com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation and added the runtime option --option=library and passed the entitlements file. But the entitlements seem not being reported: lothar@macm2 wxWrapper % codesign -d -v --entitlements - wxwrapper.app Executable=/Users/lothar/develop/Projects/lbdmf/Test/GUI/wxWrapper/wxWrapper.app/Contents/MacOS/wxWrapper Identifier=info.wxwrapper Format=app bundle with Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=3002 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=87+3 location=embedded Signature size=8977 Timestamp=28. Jul 2024 at 18:02:20 Info.plist entries=14 TeamIdentifier=3MPMMGXYRY Runtime Version=14.2.0 Sealed Resources version=2 rules=13 files=640 Internal requirements count=1 size=176 lothar@macm2 wxWrapper % codesign -d -v --entitlements - wxwrapper.app/Contents/lib/lbModule.so Executable=/Users/lothar/develop/Projects/lbdmf/Test/GUI/wxWrapper/wxWrapper.app/Contents/lib/lbModule.so.0.0.1 Identifier=lbModule.so.0 Format=Mach-O thin (arm64) CodeDirectory v=20500 size=2713 flags=0x10000(runtime) hashes=79+2 location=embedded Signature size=8977 Timestamp=28. Jul 2024 at 18:02:14 Info.plist=not bound TeamIdentifier=3MPMMGXYRY Runtime Version=14.2.0 Sealed Resources=none Internal requirements count=1 size=176 Ill post the second analysis in another answer... Any further ideas? Thanks, Lothar

I have it got far beyond the notarization! I always ask and then I Digg deeper. I had missed using the correct Developer ID Application certificate. Issuing that with a CSR and addressing that as my signing certificate got me to a next error, I was able to solve by the mentioned option. Hardening runtime was not enabled. Now I can notarize my app and staple it. Now I have some library loading issues, I have due to the hardening enabled. I may miss some dependencies no longer loadable and will investigate into that.