Re: GNUstep + libobjc2 and powerpc ( was "libobjc2 on powerpc")

[David Chisnall]

On 21 Mar 2018, at 19:33, Josh Freeman <gnustep_lists@twilightedge.com> wrote:
> 
>   The reason for installing gnustep-make twice is that libobjc2's install 
> path depends on whether gnustep-config is present (at least on 
> Debian/Ubuntu): If gnustep-config is present, libobjc2 installs to 
> /usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/ - if not, it installs to /usr/local/lib/.
> 
>  GNUstep-make's configure won't find libobjc2 in /usr/local/lib/; It'll still 
> successfully configure ("checking for custom shared objc library... NONE"), 
> build, & install, but then GNUstep-base will fail to build - its configure 
> will fail the "checking whether objc really works..." test because no runtime 
> was found.
> 
>  So, GNUstep make's first (pre-libobjc2) install puts gnustep-config in place 
> so that libobjc2 will install in a location where GNUstep make's second, 
> post-libobjc2 install can find & use it as the runtime.

If you are installing on a platform that prefers /usr/lib, then the correct fix 
for this is to just set the prefix to /usr/ instead of /usr/local.  You don’t 
need to install GNUstep Make to do that.

David