Cannot build from GNUmakefile nor Makefile: objc-nonfragile-abi

[Pinjontall94]

After successfully building and installing libobjc2 and libdispatch, then GNUstep make with library combo ng-gnu-gnu and FHS layout, libs-base fails to build, erroring out at GSLocale.m in libgnustep-base:

Making all for library libgnustep-base...
 Compiling file GSLocale.m ...
In file included from GSLocale.m:24:
In file included from ./common.h:45:
../Headers/GNUstepBase/GSVersionMacros.h:310:8: error: "You are building gnustep-base using the objc-nonfragile-abi but your
      gnustep-base was not configured to use it."
  310 | #      error "You are building gnustep-base using the objc-nonfragile-abi but your gnustep-base was not configured to use it."
      |        ^
1 error generated.

[Pinjontall94]

Added context:

libobjc2 build (taken from .github/scripts in this repo):

mkdir build && cd build
cmake \
  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ \
  -DCMAKE_OBJC_COMPILER=clang \
  -DCMAKE_OBJCXX_COMPILER=clang++ \
  -DTESTS=off \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
  -DGNUSTEP_INSTALL_TYPE=NONE \
  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$INSTALL_PATH \
  -DEMBEDDED_BLOCKS_RUNTIME=ON \
  ..
make install

libdispatch build (likewise):

mkdir build && cd build
cmake \
  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebugInfo \
  ..
make install

tools-make (gnustep-make) build:

./configure --with-library-combo=ng-gnu-gnu --with-layout=fhs --enable-strict-v2-mode
make
gmake install
. /usr/local/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh

Attempted libs-base build:

# per README
./configure
# yields:
#   checking whether the C compiler works... no
#   configure: error: in '/home/sammi/.local/src/gnustep/core/libs-base':
#   configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
#   See 'config.log' for more details

CC=clang ./configure
make
# yields:
#   Making all for library libgnustep-base...
#     Compiling file GSLocale.m ...
#   In file included from GSLocale.m:24:
#   In file included from ./common.h:45:
#   ../Headers/GNUstepBase/GSVersionMacros.h:310:8: error: "You are building gnustep-base using the objc-nonfragile-abi but your
#         gnustep-base was not configured to use it."
#     310 | #      error "You are building gnustep-base using the objc-nonfragile-abi but your gnustep-base was not configured to use it."
#         |        ^
#   1 error generated.

make -f
# yields:
# (same as previous error)

[rfm]

The error message tells you that base is not configured to match make. In the case of a conflict it can't know which config you intended, so it can only tell you about the issue, not fix it for you.

Since you are clearly wanting to build using ng-gnu-gnu and you previously configured base for gnu-gnu-gnu (the default), you must reconfigure it (rather than make).

[Pinjontall94]

First off, thank you! I've been trying to get this source build to work for some time now. I looked over the configure arguments again for libs-base and tbh I'm not sure what I should change. Is there a flag I should be looking for? There doesn't seem to be a place to specify the library combo or the constituents outside of globals like $CC?

[rfm]

The configuration of gnustep-base takes information from its environment ... as set up by gnustep-make. So you normally don't need to supply extra arguments unless you know there's something strange/wrong about your system. If/when you deliberately change the environment (eg reconfigure/reinstall gnustep-make in a way that's incompatible with the original configuration), all you normally need to do is re-run the configure script to pick up information from the new environment. To be sure you don't get any carry-over from things in the previous configuration, you can run 'make uninstall' and 'make distclean' before the 'configure'.