Re: Debian and Ubuntu packages

[Csanyi Pal]

Philippe Roussel <p.o.roussel@free.fr> writes:

> Hi and thanks for testing

Not at all.

> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 09:42:05PM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote:

>> Philippe Roussel <p.o.roussel@free.fr> writes:
>> 
>> > Now that I have a somewhat automated build process it would be nice to
>> > have some feedback on the result.
>> 
>> Sure.
>> 
>> > I tried to use libobjc2, and did a preliminary debianization, but ran
>> > into linking errors when using gcc 4.7 and didn't investigate much. If
>> > someone is successfully using libojc2 with gcc 4.7 I would appreciate
>> > any help.
>> 
>> I have installed libobjc2 and gcc 4.7
>> aptitude search libobjc2
>> i A libobjc2
>
> I think this isn't the libobjc2 I from gnustep svn repository but
> gcc's version. Debian version numbering is quite confusing sometimes...

aptitude search libobjc
i A libobjc2
i   libobjc3
i A libobjc4

aptitude show libobjc2
Package: libobjc2                        
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Multi-Arch: same
Version: 4.5.4-1
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 446 k
Depends: gcc-4.5-base (= 4.5.4-1), libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1)
PreDepends: multiarch-support
Description: Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications
 Library needed for GNU ObjC applications linked against the shared library.
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/

aptitude show libobjc3
Package: libobjc3                        
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Multi-Arch: same
Version: 4.6.3-8
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 494 k
Depends: gcc-4.6-base (= 4.6.3-8), libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1)
PreDepends: multiarch-support
Description: Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications
 Library needed for GNU ObjC applications linked against the shared library.
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/

aptitude show libobjc4
Package: libobjc4                        
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Multi-Arch: same
Version: 4.7.1-5
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers <debian-gcc@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 415 k
Depends: gcc-4.7-base (= 4.7.1-5), libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1)
PreDepends: multiarch-support
Description: Runtime library for GNU Objective-C applications
 Library needed for GNU ObjC applications linked against the shared library.
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/

> [snip]
>
>> I can't start some gnustep applications:
>> Gorm
>> GNUMail
>> TextEdit
>> 
>> Say, when I try to start Gorm, I get messages:
>> Gorm 
>> 2012-07-22 21:29:57.746 Gorm[28286] Did not find correct version of
>> backend (libgnustep-art-023.bundle), falling back to std
>> (libgnustep-art.bundle).
>
> This could be a problem : I 'simplified' gnustep-back package and kept
> only the cairo backend...
>
> What does 'defaults read NSGlobalDomain' gives you ?

defaults read NSGlobalDomain

NSGlobalDomain 'Local Time Zone' Europe/Budapest
NSGlobalDomain NSMessageFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSLabelFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSUserFixedPitchFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSPaletteFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSControlContentFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSUserFixedPitchFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSMessageFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSLabelFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSBoldFont 'Arial Black'
NSGlobalDomain GSFileBrowserHideDotFiles 1
NSGlobalDomain NSPaletteFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSTitleBarFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSToolTipsFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSMenuFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo
NSGlobalDomain NSMenuFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain NSControlContentFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSToolTipsFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain GSRemovableMediaPaths '(
    "/mnt/floppy",
    "/mnt/cdrom"
)'
NSGlobalDomain NSUserFont Arial
NSGlobalDomain GSReservedMountNames '(
    proc,
    devpts,
    shm,
    usbdevfs,
    devpts,
    sysfs,
    tmpfs
)'
NSGlobalDomain NSUserFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSBoldFontSize 14.0
NSGlobalDomain NSTitleBarFontSize 14.0

-- 
Regards from Pal