Re: Compiling corebase on Windows

[Adam Fedor]

On Sep 25, 2011, at 8:58 PM, Stefan Bidi wrote:

> I was able to up to a certain point with the installation of corebase on 
> Windows, today.  I still have a few show stoppers, though.  The list is:
> 
> (1) GNUstepBase/preface.h includes windows.h and a conflict between Window's 
> BOOL and ObjC's BOOL.  The fix is fairly simple, just add a define like David 
> suggested.
> (2) objc/runtime.h does not exist on Windows.  I'm not sure if this is 
> because the windows installer is a little out of date or if this file isn't 
> installed on Windows.  In either case, I had to work around it by including 
> ObjetiveC2/runtime.h.  I would like to be able to just include objc/runtime.h 
> like I do on Linux, though.
> (3) ICU is not packages with the Windows installer.  I remember at one point 
> it was, but it doesn't seem to have made it into the latest release.
> 
> I get a bunch of warnings about "import" being deprecated, but the 
> compilation still goes through.


2) Yes, runtime is not installed with the objc 1 library.  I don't know why, 
but I can update that.

3) The very latest version of the Installer should have ICU working.