Re: objc compiler not detected

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Wolfgang Lux wrote:
> So there is a problem here. On NetBSD 6.1.2, the compiler implicitly 
> generates a function __objc_gnu_init in the object file for 
> config.objc.m that calls __objc_exec for all classes defined in the 
> source file (i.e., Test in this test program). This function is 
> recorded in the constructor section of the object file and hence 
> should be executed before the main function. If this doesn't happen in 
> current, then either the compiler does not generate the 
> __objc_gnu_init function or does not mark it as a constructor, or the 
> runtime linker on NetBSD does not execute constructor sections before 
> the main function (which it should). For reference, I have attached 
> the assembler file produced for config.objc on NetBSD 6.1.2. So might 
> want to compare this with the file generated on current or just use 
> this file instead of the one produced on current to link the 
> config.objc executable and see if that works. Wolfgang 
It was a binutils, not a compiler problem. C++ was broken too.

Gcc in NetBSD-current is 4.5.4

Riccardo