Re: GNUstep make static library question

[Wolfgang Lux]

Andreas Höschler wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a framework that depends on a library. This frameworks is  
> needed by a bundle that is loaded dynamically into our application.  
> When I start the application and load the bundle I get
>
> 2009-05-28 17:02:30.854 SOObjectBrowser[3299] bundlePath
> 2009-05-28 17:02:30.862 SOObjectBrowser[3299] *** -[NSBundle load]:  
> Error loading code /Library/SmartObjects/Bundles/ 
> SOFrontBaseBundle.bundle/SOFrontBaseBundle for bundle /Library/ 
> SmartObjects/Bundles/SOFrontBaseBundle.bundle, error code 0 (link  
> edit error code 0, error number 2 (dyld: /Applications/ 
> SOObjectBrowser.app/SOObjectBrowser can't open library:  
> libFBCAccess.dylib.1  (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
>
> libFBCAccess is the library. OK, obviously I built a dynamic library.
>
> [jupiter:/Library/FrontBase/lib] root# ls /Library/Libraries/
> libFBCAccess.dylib        libFBCAccess.dylib.1       
> libFBCAccess.dylib.1.0.0
>
> The GNUmakefile for this library looks as follows:
>
> include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
> GNUSTEP_BUILD_DIR = /Build/FBCAccess
> ifeq ($(FOUNDATION_LIB), apple)
>    GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR = /
> else
>    GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR = $(GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT)
> endif
> LIBRARY_NAME = libFBCAccess
> libFBCAccess_HEADER_FILES = rsa.h FBCInitialize.h ...
> libFBCAccess_HEADER_FILES_INSTALL_DIR = FBCAccess
> libFBCAccess_OBJC_FILES =
> libFBCAccess_C_FILES = FBCDbNames.c bn_word.c ...
> ADDITIONAL_LIB_DIRS +=
> ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS +=  -DMacOSX
> ADDITIONAL_OBJCFLAGS += -Wno-parentheses -DMacOSX
> include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/library.make
>
> How can I force GNUstep make to create a static library instead? I  
> assume this will solve the above problem.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
>
>   Andreas

I don't know how to build a static library (Nicola certainly will  
answer that question), but I think the problem with your dynamic  
library is simply that it is lacking the full install path. I guess  
you didn't configure gnustep-make with --enable-absolute-install- 
paths did you?

Wolfgang

P.S.: In case you don't know, you can check the install path of a  
library with otool -L. Try
  otool -L /Library/Libraries/libFBCAccess.dylib.1
The second line of output should show the full path of the library.  
Ditto for the bundle:
  otool -L /Library/SmartObjects/Bundles/SOFrontBaseBundle.bundle
should show the full path to the library.