I have an issue which seems similar to the question here:
Xcode 9 distribution build fails because format of exportOptions.plist has changed in new release
However, my situation differs because my app is being built through Delphi 10.2 Tokyo, not XCode, so I cannot use the recommended fix. I have provisioning profiles set up for deployment to the app store, and they worked a month ago. I had to make some changes for IPv6 compatibility which did not impact project settings in any way, and now deployment is failing with the following log output:
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 2017-10-30 15:13:52.911 xcodebuild[3123:464547] [MT] IDEDistribution: -[IDEDistributionLogging _createLoggingBundleAtPath:]: Created bundle at path '/var/folders/d_/1k9k2tf93qn6mxc0v0g4y0440000gn/T/appName_2017-10-30_15-13-52.910.xcdistributionlogs'.
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 2017-10-30 15:13:53.584 xcodebuild[3123:464547] [MT] IDEDistribution: Step failed: <IDEDistributionSigningAssetsStep: 0x7fbeca5ddf10>: Error Domain=IDEDistributionSigningAssetStepErrorDomain Code=0 "Locating signing assets failed." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Locating signing assets failed., IDEDistributionSigningAssetStepUnderlyingErrors=(
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 "Error Domain=IDEProvisioningErrorDomain Code=9 \"\"appName.app\" requires a provisioning profile.\" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=\"appName.app\" requires a provisioning profile., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Add a profile to the \"provisioningProfiles\" dictionary in your Export Options property list.}"
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 )}
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 error: exportArchive: "appName.app" requires a provisioning profile.
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 Error Domain=IDEProvisioningErrorDomain Code=9 ""appName.app" requires a provisioning profile." UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription="appName.app" requires a provisioning profile., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Add a profile to the "provisioningProfiles" dictionary in your Export Options property list.}
[PAClient Error] Error: E0776 ** EXPORT FAILED **
I have replaced the actual app name with 'appName' for security purposes. We have been trying to deploy our app to the Apple App Store for over a month. Does anyone have any insight as to how we can address this issue?