Re: GNUstep newbie installation problem

[Tom Koelman]

Lloyd Dupont <lloyd_from_far@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> I just donwnloaded ffcall-1.8d, gnustep-make-1.5.1,
> gnustep-base-1.5.1
>
> I have w2000, MinGW 2.0.0.3, gcc 3.2
> I did
> ./configure
> make
> make install
>
> for ffcall, gnustep-make,
> the . /......../GNUstep.sh
>
> the
> ./configure
> make
> for gnustep-base
>
> and it failed...
> at the end, while trying to link every one,
> here are the last few lines:
> //--------------------
>  Linking library libgnustep-base ...
> gnustep-base.exp(.edata+0x514):fake: undefined
> reference to `__objc_class_name_GSFFCallInvocation'
> D:\MinGW\bin\dllwrap.exe: gcc exited with status 1
> make[2]: ***
> [shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu/gnustep-base.dll]
> Error 1
> make[1]: *** [libgnustep-base.all.library.variables]
> Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/d/GNUstep/gnustep-base-1.5.1/Source'
> make: *** [internal-all] Error 2
> //------------------------------

Did you do 

./configure --prefix=$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT 
--includedir=$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Headers

for ffcall?

> Also, I wondered, I didn't install gnustep-libobjc as
> I have gcc 3.2. But in MinGW, all what I see about
> ObjectiveC is libobjc.a (a static library !)
> so it is not a problem to use foundation as DLL, while
> the runtime is statically linked ?

>From README.MinGW:

Despite the statement in the GNUstep-HOWTO, even if you have a 3.x
compiler, you still need to install gnustep-objc as it properly
exports symbols for DLLs.

Tom
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Hello,

I'm hoping someone has some info about these two tools in the GNUstep
core. For some reason I can't either of them to work.

I first tried the stable packages, things compiled and installed. I used
the defaults (ie. ffcall1.8d, install to /usr/GNUstep, the xlib
backend). Everything seemed to be working, but the gpbs server wouldn't
startup. I'd run it, it'd load for a second, and then the error
"Aborted" appears on the console and the program terminates.  Both
gdomap and gdnc work fine, and I am running X when I do this. For the
stable version of GNUstep font_cacher worked.

Hoping the problem was solved in a later version I downloaded Dec. 16
snapshots of the core, uninstalled the stable versions, installed the
updated, and tried gpbs. It just seems to hang there forever.. I run the
program and it never returns me to the prompt. I can kill it fine and my
system doesn't become unstable but it refuses to give me any feedback at
all. Even using the --no-fork, or even --help produces no output and
still seems to hang. In this new version font_cacher has the same
behaviour as gpbs, neither of the two programs work at all.

This is getting long, but one last bit of info I picked up: 
I tried compiling debugging symbols into both tools, and then using gdb
5.2.1 (without the objc patch) to find out where its halting. But I
can't get gdb to give me any info either. I put a breakpoint at the
start of main. Doesn't seem to hit it, I tried breaking on
__libc6_startup (not too sure thats the right name), nothing.

So, has anything experienced anything like this? Any info is
appreciated. 

-Mike Reid