Re: Problems with Objc Runtime and Foundation Classes

[Adam Fedor]

S.B., Vaitheeswaran wrote:
> Hi all,
>      I am pretty new to GNUStep and Obj-c. Recently, I managed to get 
> Objc and GnuStep installed under mingw. I am able to compile and run 
> simple obj-c code without any problem. But when I try to use the GNUStep 
> foundation classes like NSObject or NSString I get into trouble. I am 
> trying to compile a small piece of code that uses NSString using the 
> make framework provided by Gnustep and also am successfull. But when I 
> run the program I get the following problem,
>
> "
> $ static_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu/m.exe
>
> abnormal program termination
> objc runtime: cannot find class NSString
> "
> I have tried both shared(make) and static(make shared=no) linking but 
> still have the same problem. I would like to get some pointers in this 
> regard.

How did you install GNUstep? Using the README.MinGW in 
gnustep-make/Documentation or using the windows installer 
(ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/windows)? If you used the README you 
need to follow the instructions exactly. Sometimes even installing a 
non-GNUstep library that has been compiled badly will cause these types 
of problem (very frustrating to track down as well).

I'd recommend trying the installer if you haven't done so.