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bug #4824: configuring ffcall with Apple runtime

Submitted by:  David Ayers <ayers>
Submitted on:  Mon 18 Aug 2003 08:32:12 AM UTC  
 
Category: Base/FoundationSeverity: 2,5
Item Group: BugStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Adam Fedor <fedor>
Open/Closed: Closed

Wed 20 Aug 2003 04:06:56 AM UTC, comment #2:

For some odd reason I can't change the status of this bug report. Can anyone else?

Adam Fedor <fedor>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Mon 18 Aug 2003 08:45:38 AM UTC, comment #1:

A work around for the common apple-apple-apple case could be to:
./configure --disable-do

David Ayers <ayers>
Project Member
Mon 18 Aug 2003 08:32:12 AM UTC, original submission:

It's been reported that the configure script for base fails on OS X with:

checking ffi.h usability... no
checking ffi.h presence... no
checking for ffi.h... no
checking "for forwarding callback in runtime"... no
checking callback.h usability... yes
checking callback.h presence... yes
checking for callback.h... yes
checking "FFI library usage"... none

GNUstep requires the ffcall library to do invocations and DO.
Make sure this library is installed (see installation instructions).
Otherwise DO will not be compatible with other systems, and you will not
be able to use gnustep-gui.
...

The intersting line is:
checking "for forwarding callback in runtime"... no
which is a GNU Runtime specific test that probably sets enabled_ffcall to 'no' with Apple's runtime..

This seems correct as we probably don't want to configure for ffcall for Apple's runtime, as there isn't a hook we can use.

Yet this seems to lead to neither ffi nor ffcall being configured and due to:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnustep/gnustep/core/base/configure.ac.diff?r1=1.13&r2=1.14&diff_format=h&sortby=date
we fail the configure (probably also for apple-apple-apple, ie. -baseadd on OS X, where we don't need ffcall as we use Apple's DO/AppKit).

David Ayers <ayers>
Project Member

 

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Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
Wed 20 Aug 2003 08:14:16 PM UTCFredKieferSeverity2 - Minor=>(Error - Not Found)
Wed 20 Aug 2003 07:56:20 AM UTCayersOpen/ClosedOpen=>(Error - Not Found)
Wed 20 Aug 2003 07:56:19 AM UTCayersStatusNone=>(Error - Not Found)
Wed 20 Aug 2003 04:00:53 AM UTCfedorAssigned toNone=>NA
Mon 18 Aug 2003 08:45:38 AM UTCayersSeverity3 - Normal=>(Error - Not Found)

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