Re: GNUstep build problem

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi all,

> > I tried both, make and gmake, both with the same result
> >
> >  Linking library libgnustep-base ...
> > Text relocation remains                         referenced
> >     against symbol                  offset      in file
> > <unknown>                           0x11        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > <unknown>                           0x3e        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > <unknown>                           0x8b        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(trampoline.o)
> > free                                0x51        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(trampoline.o)
> > abort                               0x22        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > abort                               0x4f        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > abort                               0x95        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(trampoline.o)
> > fprintf                             0x1d        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > fprintf                             0x4a        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > __iob                               0x18        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > __iob                               0x45        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(misc.o)
> > __iob                               0x74        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(trampoline.o)
> > fwrite                              0x90        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(trampoline.o)
> > malloc                              0x66        
> > /usr/local/lib/libcallback.a(trampoline.o)
> > ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable 
> > sections
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > gmake[3]: *** [obj/libgnustep-base.so.1.19.3] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: *** [internal-library-all_] Error 2
> > gmake[1]: *** [libgnustep-base.all.library.variables] Error 2
> > gmake: *** [internal-all] Error 2
> >
> > Any one success on Solaris with a recent GNustep release?
>
> I have googled and found of on 
> http://www.phpman.info/index.php/info/gcc the hint:
>
> `-mimpure-text'
>      `-mimpure-text', used in addition to `-shared', tells the compiler
>      to not pass `-z text' to the linker when linking a shared object.
>      Using this option, you can link position-dependent code into a
>      shared object.
>
>      `-mimpure-text' suppresses the "relocations remain against
>      allocatable but non-writable sections" linker error message.
>      However, the necessary relocations will trigger copy-on-write, and
>      the shared object is not actually shared across processes.
>      Instead of using `-mimpure-text', you should compile all source
>      code with `-fpic' or `-fPIC'.
>
>      This option is only available on SunOS and Solaris.
>
> If I understand this correct this tells me to either use the 
> -mimpure-text or fpic option with gcc. However, how do I tell make to 
> use this option when doing
>
>         cd base
> 	./configure --with-openssl-include=/usr/local/ssl/include 
> --with-openssl-library=/usr/local/ssl/lib
>         make
>
> ?

OK, I finally managed to get base installed by doing

        cd base
        ...
        make

make fails in the linking process. I use "make messages=yes" to see 
what he is doing and add the -mimpure-text option by manually calling

cd /usr/share/src/core/gnustep-base-1.19.3/Source
gcc -mimpure-text -shared -Wl,-h,libgnustep-base.so.1.19         -o 
./obj/libgnustep-base.so.1.19.3 obj/GSLocale.m.o obj/preface.m.o 
obj/mframe.m.o obj/synchronization.m.o obj/callframe.m.o 
obj/GSArray.m.o obj/GSAttributedString.m.o obj/GSConcreteValue.m.o 
obj/GSCountedSet.m.o obj/GSDictionary.m.o obj/GSFormat.m.o 
obj/GSFTPURLHandle.m.o obj/GSHTTPAuthentication.m.o 
obj/GSHTTPURLHandle.m.o obj/GSRunLoopWatcher.m.o obj/GSSet.m.o 
obj/GSSocketStream.m.o obj/GSStream.m.o obj/GSString.m.o 
obj/GSValue.m.o obj/NSAffineTransform.m.o obj/NSArchiver.m.o 
obj/NSArray.m.o obj/NSAssertionHandler.m.o obj/NSAttributedString.m.o 
obj/NSAutoreleasePool.m.o obj/NSBundle.m.o obj/NSCache.m.o 
obj/NSCachedURLResponse.m.o obj/NSCalendarDate.m.o obj/NSCallBacks.m.o 
obj/NSCharacterSet.m.o obj/NSClassDescription.m.o obj/NSCoder.m.o 
obj/NSCopyObject.m.o obj/NSCountedSet.m.o obj/NSConcreteHashTable.m.o 
obj/NSConcreteMapTable.m.o obj/NSConcreteNumber.m.o 
obj/NSConnection.m.o obj/NSData.m.o obj/NSDate.m.o 
obj/NSDateFormatter.m.o obj/NSDebug.m.o obj/NSDecimal.m.o 
obj/NSDecimalNumber.m.o obj/NSDictionary.m.o obj/NSDistantObject.m.o 
obj/NSDistributedLock.m.o obj/NSDistributedNotificationCenter.m.o 
obj/NSEnumerator.m.o obj/NSError.m.o obj/NSException.m.o 
obj/NSFileHandle.m.o obj/NSFileManager.m.o obj/NSFormatter.m.o 
obj/NSGarbageCollector.m.o obj/NSGeometry.m.o obj/NSHashTable.m.o 
obj/NSHost.m.o obj/NSHTTPCookie.m.o obj/NSHTTPCookieStorage.m.o 
obj/NSIndexPath.m.o obj/NSIndexSet.m.o obj/NSInvocation.m.o 
obj/NSKeyedArchiver.m.o obj/NSKeyedUnarchiver.m.o 
obj/NSKeyValueCoding.m.o obj/NSKeyValueObserving.m.o obj/NSLock.m.o 
obj/NSLog.m.o obj/NSMapTable.m.o obj/NSMethodSignature.m.o 
obj/NSNotification.m.o obj/NSNotificationCenter.m.o 
obj/NSNotificationQueue.m.o obj/NSNull.m.o obj/NSNumber.m.o 
obj/NSNumberFormatter.m.o obj/NSObjCRuntime.m.o obj/NSObject.m.o 
obj/NSObject+NSComparisonMethods.m.o obj/NSOperation.m.o obj/NSPage.m.o 
obj/NSPathUtilities.m.o obj/NSPipe.m.o obj/NSPointerArray.m.o 
obj/NSPointerFunctions.m.o obj/NSConcretePointerFunctions.m.o 
obj/NSPort.m.o obj/NSPortCoder.m.o obj/NSPortMessage.m.o 
obj/NSPortNameServer.m.o obj/NSPredicate.m.o obj/NSProcessInfo.m.o 
obj/NSPropertyList.m.o obj/NSProtocolChecker.m.o obj/NSProxy.m.o 
obj/NSRange.m.o obj/NSRunLoop.m.o obj/NSScanner.m.o 
obj/NSSerializer.m.o obj/NSSet.m.o obj/NSSocketPort.m.o 
obj/NSSocketPortNameServer.m.o obj/NSSortDescriptor.m.o 
obj/NSSpellServer.m.o obj/NSString.m.o obj/NSTask.m.o obj/NSThread.m.o 
obj/NSTimer.m.o obj/NSTimeZone.m.o obj/NSUnarchiver.m.o 
obj/NSUndoManager.m.o obj/NSURL.m.o 
obj/NSURLAuthenticationChallenge.m.o obj/NSURLCache.m.o 
obj/NSURLCredential.m.o obj/NSURLConnection.m.o 
obj/NSURLCredentialStorage.m.o obj/NSURLDownload.m.o 
obj/NSURLProtectionSpace.m.o obj/NSURLProtocol.m.o obj/NSURLRequest.m.o 
obj/NSURLResponse.m.o obj/NSURLHandle.m.o obj/NSUserDefaults.m.o 
obj/NSValue.m.o obj/NSValueTransformer.m.o obj/NSXMLDocument.m.o 
obj/NSXMLDTD.m.o obj/NSXMLDTDNode.m.o obj/NSXMLElement.m.o 
obj/NSXMLNode.m.o obj/NSXMLParser.m.o obj/NSZone.m.o obj/externs.m.o 
obj/objc-load.m.o obj/GSFileHandle.m.o obj/NSMessagePort.m.o 
obj/NSMessagePortNameServer.m.o obj/GSFFCallInvocation.m.o 
Additions/obj/subproject.o unix/obj/subproject.o   -L./obj    
-L//GNUstep/Library/Libraries -L/opt/GNUstep/Local/Library/Libraries 
-L/opt/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries   
-L/opt/GNUstep/System/Library/Libraries 
-L/opt/GNUstep/Local/Library/Libraries  -lobjc  -lgmp -L/usr/local/lib 
-R/usr/local/lib -lxml2 -lz -lpthread -liconv -lm -lsocket -lnsl 
-liconv -lcallback -lavcall -lnsl -liberty -ldl  -lz -lsocket -lnsl -lm 
 && (cd ./obj; rm -f libgnustep-base.so; if [ "libgnustep-base.so.1.19" 
!= "libgnustep-base.so.1.19.3" ]; then rm -f libgnustep-base.so.1.19; 
ln -s libgnustep-base.so.1.19.3 libgnustep-base.so.1.19; fi; ln -s 
libgnustep-base.so.1.19 libgnustep-base.so; )
cd /usr/share/src/core/gnustep-base-1.19.3

make install

This got the thing installed. The recommendation though was

        "you should compile all source code with `-fpic' or `-fPIC'."

How can I make gcc use this option for everything it does?

Thanks,

 Andreas