Re: libdispatch-gnustep/libdispatchgs-etoilé vs libdispatch0

[Gregory Casamento]

On Sunday, January 31, 2016, Tristan Bellogi <bellogi@orange.fr> wrote:
> > Am 28.01.2016 um 02:27 schrieb Gregory Casamento <address@hidden>:
> >>
> >> The libdispatch which comes with Debian has always worked for me
> >
> > I would be surprised if that were the case. The Debian libdispatch
> > package links against libBlocksRuntime, which doesn't implement the
> > block copy/release hooks in a way that is compatible with the GNUstep
> > runtime. That's why you either need a patched libBlocksRuntime that
> > exports weak symbols (to be overridden by libobjc2) or a version of
> > libdispatch that links libobjc2 directly.
>
> @Greg: I would have of course been happy to disagree agree with this
> satement but Neils is right...
> I boot up my "old beige G3" this morning to run an old "MkLinux DR3"
> with WMaker & GNUstep... Thoses Good Old Days! ;-)

Indeed.  Niels is correct. I thought at one point libdispatch was working without the need for a modified libBlocksRuntime, but after some testing it appears I'm incorrect.

I'm hoping that's what you're disagreeing about. 

I have never had the opportunity to use mklinux so I'm not sure what relevance it has here. 

 

> > @Tristan: I maintain a set of vagrant boxes that provide a GNUstep
> > development environment, including libdispatch, maybe it can be useful
> > to you: https://www.github.com/ngrewe/gnustep-boxes
>
> @Neils:A great thank you for the link itself but also for what's in the
> box! Already using vagrant/aegir with Drupal, I enjoyed to successfuly
> run a "gnustep up" ;-)
>
> Thanks again
> Later,
>
> Tristan


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