Re: Using Objective-C with gcc 3.2 on RH 8.0

[Björn Gohla]

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On Thursday 13 February 2003 00:31, Alex Majora wrote:
> >Hmm ... I think everything refers you to the GNUstep-HOWTO, and the detail
> >is all in there.
>
> Okay, I've read the document, and installed gnustep-make, ffcal, libobjc,
> and gnustep-base.
>
> Some questions & observations:
>
> 1. It would be helpful to know what libraries, headers, etc. each step
> generates, and where they're placed.
>
> 2. Is gnustep-objc required or not? What is it for? The document states
> this must be installed after gnustep-make. How does this differ from
> gnustep-base? Do I need to link against both libobjc and libgnustep-base?

libobjc is the objective-c runtime lib, it provides the basic mechanisms for 
handling objects, look up methods, dipatch messages, and the like. the c++ 
equivalent is libstdc++.

you only need gnustep-objc if you have a gcc older than version 3.0, so just 
ignore it.

> 3. Is there a way to configure the build to generate static library files
> (.a, not .so)? I'm building on one machine, but deploying on another that
> doesn't have GNUstep. By just using Foundation objects, I should be okay as
> long as I link against a static libgnustep-base.a library, right?

you could try building stuff with 'make shared=no'.


> 4. A non-GUI example makefile & program would be useful! I don't know what
> libraries I need to link against, what headers & includes to use, and what
> options to use on gcc. I'll try to proceed nonetheless.

you might want to look at:
gnustep/core/base/Tools/

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