[debbugs-tracker] bug#19510: closed (--with-ns won't run on Fedora 21)

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and subject line Re: bug#19510: --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #19510,
regarding --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21
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> --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21
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> Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:29:21 -0800
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> On Fedora 21 x86-64, if I configure emacs with "./configure --with-ns 
> CFLAGS='-g3 -O2 -DGNUSTEP'" (the -DGNUSTEP is to work around Bug#19507), the 
> resulting executable fails with the following diagnostic:
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> 2015-01-04 13:27:06.763 emacs[28811] Did not find correct version of backend 
> (libgnustep-back-024.bundle), falling back to std (libgnustep-back.bundle).
> 2015-01-04 13:27:06.764 emacs[28811] NSApplication.m:304  Assertion failed in 
> initialize_gnustep_backend.  Unable to find backend back
> ./emacs: Uncaught exception NSInternalInconsistencyException, reason: 
> NSApplication.m:304  Assertion failed in initialize_gnustep_backend.  Unable to 
> find backend back
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> Sorry, I don't know what those diagnostics mean.  I'm using just the standard 
> Fedora 21 installation as far as I know.
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> Jan D. wrote:
> > It looks like you have installed the wrong backend.
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> I imagine it was something more complicated than that, as I hadn't installed 
> anything other than what Fedora 21 packages.  I had already installed the 
> gnustep-gui-devel package but apparently that does not suffice to run GnuStep 
> apps.  After installing gnustep-examples the problem went away.  The examples 
> themselves aren't needed, but they have prerequisites that apparently supply the 
> missing runtime components.  The whole thing is very mysterious, I must say; it 
> would be nice if the diagnostics were clearer, but I'm so lost that I don't know 
> what they should say.
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> Anyway, thank for checking, and I am closing the bug.  Bug#19507 still remains 
> (it wasn't affected by installing gnustep-examples).
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