Re: [Mingw-users] Trying to compile libobjc with Hans-Boehm GCunder MinGW

[Lloyd Dupont]

> > I donwloaded (from http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/), build 
> > and installed Boehm GC.
> >
> > Now I'm trying to build 'objc.dll'
> > with
> >
> > make clean
> > make gc=yes
> >
> > It more or less work but fail at the link stage with that error
> >  Linking clibrary libobjc ...
> > c:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.4\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: 
> > cannot find -lobjc_gc
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make[1]: *** [shared_obj/libobjc.dll.a] Error 1
> > make: *** [libobjc.all.clibrary.variables] Error 2
> >
> >
> > Any idea what's going on and how to fix it?
>
> <sigh>
>
> Please provide the EXACT commands you used.

The exact command is:
make gc=yes

it was already provided but I repeat it for you :-)

Additional Info 1
pwd
G:\GNUstep-SVN\dev-libs\libobjc

Additional Info 2
just before I typed:
cd /G/GNUstep-SVN/dev-libs/gc6.6
./configure
make

and I copied the .libs directory content in C:\MinGW\bin
and I copied the include content directory in C:\MinGW\include


> Just in case you aren't aware what the error means:
> During the build process it looks for a library libobj_gc.a
> (or libobjc_gc.dll or objc_gc.dll or something similar) which
> presumably is the garbage collector you wish it to use.
I was aware and wondered what this library could be?!?
looks like the potential of the library I was building! (kind of weird, 
isn't it?)
beside: no this lib is no where and is not the one I was trying to build 
after all

> The reason could e.g. be:
> - ...
this library doesn't exist and should not be mentioned in the makefile
and if I removed it it link nicely without warning.

Additional Info 3
HansBoehmGC is:  libgc.a
and yes it's there (I just build it)


Perhaps it was too way out of topic to post that on MinGW too.
I will limit further post to GNUstep only.
Your answer was so way out of topic <sigh>
But thanks anyway.