Re: Trying to compile libobjc with Hans-Boehm GC under MinGW

[Markus Hitter]

Am 14.06.2006 um 16:04 schrieb Lloyd Dupont:

> make -n gc=yes
> copy the line
> remove -llibobjc_gc
> paste the line, run it, it works!

This might work to get the thing to compile, but it looks a lot like  
you strip out garbage collection in the same step. Does GC still  
work, then?


Am 14.06.2006 um 16:47 schrieb Lloyd Dupont:

> Although I asked many times I had exactly one answer on "how to  
> compile with Boehm GC" and it was:
> "make gc=yes"

Well, I didn't do much work on the GC stuff and I stayed quiet for  
this reason.

Vaguely I remember some discussion on the GNUstep lists about this  
technology when it was introduced to GNUstep a few years ago. To my  
understanding, you have to reconfigure and recompile all gcc  
(including libobj-c) and all of the GNUstep libraries for Boehm-GC  
support.


Apple is doing some work on garbage collection as well and is also  
using gcc. Not sure wether it's the same collector, though.

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/gcc-4.0.1/ 
gcc/Garbage-Collection.html>
<http://arstechnica.com/staff/fatbits.ars/2006/5/6/3868>


HTH,
Markus

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