Re: GNUstep + libobjc2 and powerpc ( was "libobjc2 on powerpc")

[David Chisnall]

On 21 Mar 2018, at 14:06, bertrand <bertrand.dekoninck@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Le mercredi 21 mars 2018 à 13:43 +0000, David Chisnall a écrit :
>>> On 21 Mar 2018, at 13:34, bertrand <bertrand.dekoninck@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> pretty sure there is a better way to do,
>> 
>> Yes, run ‘ccmake .’ and toggle the enable tests line.
>> 
> 
> I've tried it. I could put this in my gnustep_install.sh script but the
> user will have to manually toggle off the tests. A commandline line
> would be better.

-DTESTS=OFF

> 
> Anyway, better than totally avoiding tests, I should try to see which
> build and which don't, to adapt them for ppc.

We should probably just disable the tests that depend on assembly for platforms 
that are missing the assembly.

> surprising.  Do you already have an include/Block.h?
> Yes it's there :  /usr/include/Block.h. Block_private.h also.

Okay, hopefully it’s compatible…

>>> 4. The script on the wiki builds and install gnustep-make two times :
>>> before and after libobjc2 ? Is it still correct ?
>> 
>> No, that’s definitely wrong.  It dates back to when I tried to use GNUstep 
>> Make to build libobjc2, but that led to circular dependencies.
>> 
> Then should I build libobjc2 before of after gnustep-make ?

After.  Now libobjc2 doesn’t depend on GNUstep Make.

David