Re: [Q] GNUstep Building on Windows Platform(Latest CVS version)

[Fred Kiefer]

Sungjin Chun wrote:
> It seems that most current CVS version is changed in creating dll. I've
> tried it with MinGW-3.2.0-rc-3.exe but failed. The error messages are
> like following:
> 
> Info: resolving ___objc_class_name_Protocol by linking to
> __imp____objc_class_name_Protocol (auto-import)
> Info: resolving ___objc_class_name_Object by linking to
> __imp____objc_class_name_Object (auto-import)
> Cannot export .idata$4: symbol not found
> Cannot export .idata$5: symbol not found
> Cannot export .idata$6: symbol not found
> Cannot export .text: symbol not found
> Cannot export iconv_NULL_THUNK_DATA: symbol not found
> Cannot export zlib1_NULL_THUNK_DATA: symbol not found
> Creating library file: ./shared_obj/libgnustep-base.dll.a
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[1]: *** [shared_obj/libgnustep-base.dll.a] Error 1
> make: *** [libgnustep-base.all.library.variables] Error 2
> 
> I think my MinGW tool chains are not proper for building GNUstep on
> Windows and I want to know if there's anyone who make success, pleast
> let me know your tool selection; like version of MinGW, gcc and etc. My
> version of gcc is 3.4.2
> 

Did you ever find a soultion to this problem? I am stuck for weeks now
with exactly the same on MinGW. The strange thing is that compiling the
GNUstep base that comes with the installer works fine, while compiling
the CVS version gives this error message.
One thing that I have noted is that when linking all the libraries are
listed twice. I am not sure, if this is actually causing the problem or
if this is to do with the new subdirectories (these let the Cygwin
compilation fail).

Fred