carthage version: 0.19.1xcodebuild -version: 8.2--no-build? no--no-use-binaries? no--use-submodules? noMore and more SDKs provide by third-party vendor is removed that architecture.
But using Carthage to build it will crash
Can you point to an example SDK that crashes?
The situation is that:
I wrap a static library such as libSomething.a in to a framework target written in swift.
Because that static library only contain armv7 x86_64 arm64, no i386
when build this repo --no-skip-current with Carthage
will stop lacking i386
It'll be much easier for someone to fix this if you can point to an example project.
But it's a trend that, more and more third-party will drop i386, QQ come first

The latest SDK, already remove i386.
Looks like you should remove i386 from VALID_ARCHS build setting in your framework target.

Does $(ARCHS_STANDARD) contains i386?
See the differences between the two of the followings:
$ xcodebuild -showBuildSettings -scheme Result-iOS -sdk iphoneos | grep ARCHS
ARCHS = armv7 arm64
ARCHS_STANDARD = armv7 arm64
ARCHS_STANDARD_32_64_BIT = armv7 arm64
ARCHS_STANDARD_32_BIT = armv7
ARCHS_STANDARD_64_BIT = arm64
ARCHS_STANDARD_INCLUDING_64_BIT = armv7 arm64
ARCHS_UNIVERSAL_IPHONE_OS = armv7 arm64
VALID_ARCHS = arm64 armv7 armv7s
$ xcodebuild -showBuildSettings -scheme Result-iOS -sdk iphonesimulator | grep ARCHS
ARCHS = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD_32_64_BIT = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD_32_BIT = i386
ARCHS_STANDARD_64_BIT = x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD_INCLUDING_64_BIT = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_UNIVERSAL_IPHONE_OS = i386 x86_64
VALID_ARCHS = i386 x86_64
You should be able to setup your framework target like this:

Then the output will be:
$ xcodebuild -showBuildSettings -scheme Result-iOS -sdk iphonesimulator | grep ARCHS
ARCHS = x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD_32_64_BIT = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD_32_BIT = i386
ARCHS_STANDARD_64_BIT = x86_64
ARCHS_STANDARD_INCLUDING_64_BIT = i386 x86_64
ARCHS_UNIVERSAL_IPHONE_OS = i386 x86_64
VALID_ARCHS = x86_64
Thanks,that helps a lot!
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You should be able to setup your framework target like this:
Then the output will be: