Re: ANN: GNUstep Objective-C Runtime 1.2

[Thomas Davie]

Hi List,

I was just trying out the new GNUstep runtime, and wanted to check I'd 
configured things right.  I've got clang 2.9 (svn) installed, along with 
gnustep-make and libobjc2 as described below.  With that all ready, I tried to 
configure gnustep-base and amongst the output I got:

checking the Objective-C runtime... GNU
checking for custom shared objc library... /usr/GNUstep/Local/Library/Libraries

The custom shared objc library seems to be pointing to where I've just 
installed libobjc2, but the report of the GNU runtime seems surprising – is 
this a bug in the configure script, or have I set something up wrongly here?

Thanks

Tom Davie

On 21 Feb 2011, at 13:56, David Chisnall wrote:

> In preparation for the next GNUstep release, I've pushed a bug-fix release of 
> libobjc2.  This includes numerous small bug fixes and has been tested with 
> the -base and -gui test suites.
> 
> David
> 
> GNUstep Objective-C Runtime 1.2
> ===============================
> 
> This is the 1.2 release of the GNUstep Objective-C runtime (a.k.a.
> libobjc2).  This runtime was designed to support the features of Objective-C 2
> for use with GNUstep and other Objective-C programs.  This release contains
> several bug fixes, and is tested with the current GNUstep trunk, so will be
> compatible with the upcoming GNUstep release.
> 
> You may obtain the code for this release from subversion at the following
> subversion branch:
> 
> svn://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/libobjc2/1.2
> 
> Alternatively, a tarball is available from:
> 
> http://download.gna.org/gnustep/libobjc2-1.2.tar.bz2
> 
> The runtime library is responsible for implementing the core features of the
> object model, as well as exposing introspection features to the user.  The
> GNUstep runtime implements Apple's Objective-C Runtime APIs, and a small 
> number
> of GCC APIs for legacy compatibility.
> 
> This library is based on the Étoilé Objective-C Runtime, an earlier research
> prototype, and includes support for non-fragile instance variables,
> type-dependent dispatch, and object planes.  It is fully compatible with the
> FSF's GCC Objective-C ABI and also implements a new ABI that is supported by
> Clang and is required for some of the newer features.
> 
> Although the runtime has been tested by several people, and is being used
> extensively by the Étoilé project, it is entirely new (MIT licensed) code and
> may still contain bugs.  If you come across any problems, please report them 
> to
> the GNUstep Developer mailing list <gnustep-dev@gnu.org>.  
> 
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