Re: Distributing gnustep-based software

[Sébastien Pierre]

Hello !

I must say that I prefer the long answer, because :

1/      I don't rely on the AppKit
2/	I don't use the distributed notification, pasteboard or objects 
mapper

however, I still have this question in mind : how do I practically link 
gnustep statically to my application with GNUstep makefile ?

TIA,

 -- Sébastien

Le 4 févr. 05, à 17:28, Gregory John Casamento a écrit :

> The long answer:
>
> Although it is theoretically possible to link all of the libraries 
> statically
> in this way, there are several reasons why it wouldn't work:
>
> 1) Resources.  The gui library, in particular makes use of Images 
> which are
> located on the installation dir.   It also relies on some .gorm files 
> which are
> in the resources as well which define some of the panels which are 
> standard in
> gui.
>
> 2) Daemons.  The base and gui library have daemon processes which need 
> to be
> running for some functionality to work correctly.  Chief among these 
> are: gdnc
> - the distributed notification center, gpbs - the pasteboard service, 
> gdomap -
> the distributed objects mapper.  Each of these plays an important role 
> in
> making GNUstep function.  Without these some GNUstep apps would be 
> hopelessly
> hobbled.
>
> GNUstep is not special in this way.  Other development kits and 
> environments
> require similar daemons to run to offer certain features.
>
> The short answer: NO. ;)


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