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[Waitman Gobble]

Chris Petrik <cpet at sdf.org> wrote ..
> On 03/17/2013 04:23 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote:
> > John Marino <freebsdml at marino.st> wrote ..
> >> On 3/17/2013 22:58, Chris Petrik wrote:
> >>>> Yes, after review I notice the GNUstep ports are totally not working..
> >>>> it doesn't work with base clang.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, clang in ports works, and all the GNUstep modules build from
> >>>> svn without issue.. so it really should be a piece of cake to build
> >>>> some new GNUstep ports.. if there's interest.
> >>>> Here are my notes so far.
> >>>>
> >> FWIW - All the GNUstep ports build fine in DPorts (ports on DragonFly).
> >>    However, the compiler uses is the base compiler, which is GCC 4.7 with
> >> ObjC built-in.
> >>
> >> That would imply setting USE_GCC=4.6+ would "fix" gnustep on ports, no?
> >>
> >> John
> >>
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> > Maybe it will work, I tried with gcc48. One of the gnustep ports is stuck on
> trying to build gcc4.2 for some reason.. I don't recall which one at the moment,
> i think it was base?
> >
> I would try the next minimum build which is 4.4 if that works then add 
> in 4.4+ etc.. but i havent messed with it yet.
> _______________________________________________


Oh wait, I remember reading this now. I would not 'count on' GCC in ports working with GNUstep. But maybe it does..


 Which Compiler Should I Use?

'...Unfortunately, the GCC team has not invested much effort in Objective-C in the last few years and it currently lags behind Apple's version by a significant amount.'

    + Apple's fork of GCC 4.2.1
    + LLVM-GCC
    + Clang 

http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/ObjC2_FAQ

I am not sure that base clang has objective c support, it might but if so it's got some kind of issue. The newer version in ports lang/clang works perfectly, just have to make sure libobjc2 is built with clang in /usr/local/ and not /usr


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Waitman Gobble
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