GNUstep on debian

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi all,

I finally managed to get GNUstep to build on Debian, also our code 
depending on GNUstep. We have a loadable bundle that depends on 
FBAccess (a framework) which again depends on FBCAccess (a library 
supplied by FrontBase, Inc.). This library is installed in 
/usr/lib/FrontBase/lib on Debian. Trying to load our bundle failed. It 
could not find libFBCAccess. Under Soalris we usually add the lib path 
to crle. It seems this is done differently under Linux. I googled and 
found

        pico    /etc/ld.so.conf

        + /usr/lib/FrontBase/lib

        ldconfig

to be the correct approach on Linux. However, this file didn't exist 
and after creating it with this one entry and executing ldconfig the 
GNUstep app could not be started anymore. I rebooted the system. Now 
not even kdm or GNOME came up anymore. It seems my ldconfig approach 
hosed the complete system. I removed /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig 
again, but no avail. Everything depeding on shared libs fails now.

Any ideas how this is done correctly under Linux? I know that I should 
better keep my hands away from Linux and stay with Solaris. But for 
this one project I need to get it to work under linux as well. :-(

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

  Andreas

PS: I am attaching the GNUmakefile of the bundle SOFrontBaseBundle and 
of the framework FBAccess (SOFrontBaseBundle needs that), just in case 
this helps to get a clue.

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