Re: Linking Frameworks

[Andreas Hoeschler]

Hi,

> I'm fairly certain this has been dicussed/documented somewhere, but 
> after a few hours of searching, I am still at a loss.
> I am writing an application that depends on a framework.
>
> In the application's GNUmakefile I have:
>
> APP_NAME = myApp
> PACKAGE_NAME = ${APP_NAME}
>
> SUBPROJECTS = myFramework
>
> ...
>
> ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS += -framework myFramework
> myApp_GUI_LIBS += -framework myFramework
>
> include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/aggregate.make
> include $(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/application.make
>
> The framework compiles just fine and sits in 
> myFramework/myFramework.framework
> But when it tries to link myApp, the linker gives the following error 
> and dies:
>         /usr/bin/ld: cannot open myFramework: File format not recognized
>
> Presumably this is because the -framework flag is not causing the same 
> behaviour it does on OS X.
> So how should I modify the makefile in order to actually have it link 
> in the framework?

Try the following

myApp_GUI_LIBS += -lmyFramework

and omit you ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS line. You don't need it.

> Further, on OS X it is possible for a framework to live inside an 
> application bundle,  how can I get this behaviour?

No idea! Please let me know if you find that out.

Regards,


  Andreas