PI24647: ENABLING THE FIPS OPTIONAL FEATURE ON IOS RESULTS IN UNDEFINED SYMBOLS FOR AFNETWORKING

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• After installing the fix for APAR PI22714, if the FIPS optional
  feature is included in an iOS project, Xcode will display errors
  similar to
  Undefined symbols for architecture armv7:
     "_AFNetworkingErrorDomain", referenced from:
        -[VPN FPISCertErrorCallback:] in libfipshttp.a(VPN.o)
  
  Other undefined symbols may include:
  _OBJC_METACLASS_$_AFHTTPRequestOperation
  _OBJC_CLASS_$_AFHTTPRequestOperation
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Application users running applications that enable the FIPS  *
  * 140-2 Optional Feature for an iOS Environment that have also *
  * applied APAR PI22714 to their Worklight client enviroment.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * If the FIPS 140-2 Optional Feature is enabled for an iOS     *
  * Environment and APAR PI22714 has been applied to the         *
  * Worklight Studio development environment, the the iOS        *
  * environment (iPhone or iPad) will fail building within Xcode *
  * due to undefined symbols.  The error messages from Xcode     *
  * will look something like the following:                      *
  *                                                              *
  * Undefined symbols for architecture armv7:                    *
  * "_AFNetworkingErrorDomain", referenced from:                 *
  *     -[VPN FIPSCertErrorCallback:] in libfipshttp.a(VPN.o)    *
  *                                                              *
  * ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture armv7               *
  * clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v *
  * to see invocation)                                           *
  *                                                              *
  * Note that there may be other symbols listed such as          *
  * "_OBJC_METACLASS_$_AFHTTPRequestOperation"                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Some symbol definitions were changed as part of the fix for APAR
  PI22714.  The symbols referenced from within the FIPS 140-2
  Optional Feature library (libfipshttp.a) have been updated to
  reference the symbols as defined in the fix for APAR PI22714.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WORKLIGHT CONSU

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY

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