Re: ANN: GNUstep 2.6.0 for openSUSE 11.4

[David Chisnall]

On 14 Jun 2011, at 21:43, Nat! wrote:

> Am 10.06.2011 um 03:08 schrieb Richard Stonehouse:
> 
>> GNUstep 2.6.0 for openSUSE 11.4
>> *******************************
>> 
> 
> Ok, two more questions popped up:
> 
> I am trying to build UnitKit. I can build the framework. When I say make 
> install, this framework then gets installed (by GNUstep make) into 
> /usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Frameworks.
> 
> But, the compiler doesn't find the headers when compiling the tool. So
> 
> #import <UnitKit/UKRunner.h> fails
> 
> Even if I give it -F/usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Frameworks, it makes no 
> differences. 
> 
> If I create a symlink in /usr/local/include 
> 
> ln -s /usr/local/lib/GNUstep/Frameworks/UnitKit.framework/Headers UnitKit
> 
> it works.

Odd.  UnitKit in the Étoilé repository installs correctly.  That symlink should 
be created by [g]make install...

> Secondly, where is objc_msgSend (or objc_msg_send as it's probably called in 
> GNUstep) ? There is a reference in the headers, but it's nowhere declared, 
> which I find a bit peculiar/troubling.

objc_msgSend() is an implementation detail of the NeXT and Apple runtimes.  It 
is not possible to implement in a portable fashion, so the GCC and GNUstep 
runtimes use a different approach.  For portable code, use 
class_getMethodImplementation() and then call the returned function.

David

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