Re: GNUstep make static library question

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi all,

I am still struggling to get a bundle referencing a framework  
referencing a library to work on MacOSX using GNUstep make. I have done  
the following:

        rm -rf /opt/GNUstep
        cd /usr/src/core/make
	./configure --prefix=/opt/GNUstep --enable-import  
--enable-absolute-install-pathes
        make
        make install
        chmod a+w /opt/GNUstep

and then as a normal user

        . /opt/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
        cd /home/ahoesch/Development/MacOSX/FrontBaseOnMac/FBCAccess
        make clean
        make install
        
        cd /home/ahoesch/Development/MacOSX/FrontBaseOnMac/FBAccess
        make clean
        make install
        
        cd /home/ahoesch/Development/MacOSX/SmartObjectsPro/SOFrontBaseBundle
        make clean
        make install

	otool -L  
/Library/SmartObjects/Bundles/SOFrontBaseBundle.bundle/SOFrontBaseBundle

        FBAccess.framework/FBAccess (compatibility version 0.0.0,  
current version 1.0.0)
        SRAppKit.framework/SRAppKit (compatibility version 0.0.0,  
current version 1.0.0)
        SRDesign.framework/SRDesign (compatibility version 0.0.0,  
current version 1.0.0)
        SREnterprise.framework/SREnterprise (compatibility version  
0.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
        SRFoundation.framework/SRFoundation (compatibility version  
0.0.0, current version 1.0.0)
        SRObjects.framework/SRObjects (compatibility version 0.0.0,  
current version 1.0.0)
        SRQuery.framework/SRQuery (compatibility version 0.0.0, current  
version 1.0.0)
        /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit  
(compatibility version 45.0.0, current version 663.97.0)
         
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation  
(compatibility version 300.0.0, current version 462.7.0)
        libFBCAccess.dylib.1 (compatibility version 0.0.0, current  
version 1.0.0)
        /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0,  
current version 63.0.0)

What am I missing? libFBCAccess.dylib.1 has no absolute path and when I  
try to load the bundle in an application 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)

Building a static library would probably be the best solution for my  
case but I don't know how the GNUstep makefile has to look like for  
that. I also tried to create symbolic links to /usr/lib

cd /Library/Libraries
ln -s libFBCAccess.dylib /usr/lib/libFBCAccess.dylib
ln -s libFBCAccess.dylib.1 /usr/lib/libFBCAccess.dylib.1
ln -s libFBCAccess.dylib.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libFBCAccess.dylib.1.0.0

but this did not help either! :-(

> > 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.

Hints are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

  Andreas