Re: Crosscompiling gnustep

[Sheldon Gill]

Stefan Urbanek wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:40 -0600, Adam Fedor wrote:
>
> > On Apr 26, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Stefan Urbanek wrote:
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 14:24 -0600, Adam Fedor wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Apr 26, 2005, at 1:11 PM, Stefan Urbanek wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > ...
> > > > > checking callback.h usability... yes
> > > > > checking callback.h presence... yes
> > > > > checking for callback.h... yes
> > > > > checking "for forwarding callback in runtime"... yes
> > > > > checking "FFI library usage"... none
> > > >
> > > > Well, the config.log file would help here.  It's just trying to see if
> > > > the ffcall libraries link correctly, which should work when
> > > > cross-compiling.
> > >
> > > http://stefan.agentfarms.net/Download/GNUstep/Trash/config.log
> >
> > Well here's the error message. Did ffcall really get installed 
> > correctly?
> >
> > /home/stevko/Developer/Windows/lib//libcallback.a: could not read 
> > symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib to add one
>
>
> I run ranlib manually. From ffcall installation output I see:
> ...
> /usr/bin/install -c -m
> 644 .libs/libcallback.a /home/stevko/Developer/Windows//lib/libcallback.a
> ranlib /home/stevko/Developer/Windows//lib/libcallback.a
> chmod 644 /home/stevko/Developer/Windows//lib/libcallback.a
> ...
>
> the ranlib line should read:
> i586-mingw32-ranlib /home/stevko/Developer/Windows//lib/libcallback.a
>
> Looks like misconfiguration of ffcall or a bug there.
>
> Then I used this configure command with --includedir and --libdir added:
>
> address@hidden base]$ ./configure --host=i586-mingw32
> --prefix=/home/stevko/Developer/Windows/GNUstep --enable-ffcall
> --with-ffi-include=/home/stevko/Developer/Windows/include/
> --with-ffi-library=/home/stevko/Developer/Windows/lib/
> --includedir=/home/stevko/Developer/mingw/include/
> --libdir=/home/stevko/Developer/mingw/lib
>
> I ended with:
>  Compiling file NSPathUtilities.m ...
> NSPathUtilities.m: In function `NSHomeDirectoryForUser':
> NSPathUtilities.m:789: warning: implicit declaration of function
> `getpwnam'
> NSPathUtilities.m:789: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer
> without a cast
> NSPathUtilities.m:790: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> NSPathUtilities.m:792: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> make[2]: *** [shared_obj/NSPathUtilities.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [libgnustep-base.all.library.variables] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/stevko/Developer/Sources/gnustep/core/base/Source'
> make: *** [internal-all] Error 2
>
> It is too late now, i have to go to sleep. If anyone has any hints what
> should be done and what should do as next steps, let me know. I am also
> interested in the GNUstep.sh problem mentioned before.

For GNUstep.sh see other post.

Problem here is __MINGW__ doesn't seem to be defined. It should be in
Headers/Additions/GNUstepBase/preface.h

If you're cross-compiling for windows getting that definition happening 
is pretty vital!


Regards,
Sheldon