GNU bug report logs - #19510
--with-ns won't run on Fedora 21

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#19510: closed (Re: bug#19510: --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21)
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:39:02 +0000

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Your bug report

#19510: --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 19510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

-- 
19510: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19510
GNU Bug Tracking System
Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems

[Message part 2 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "Jan D." <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>, 19510-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19510: --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:38:04 -0800

Jan D. wrote:
> It looks like you have installed the wrong backend.

I imagine it was something more complicated than that, as I hadn't installed 
anything other than what Fedora 21 packages.  I had already installed the 
gnustep-gui-devel package but apparently that does not suffice to run GnuStep 
apps.  After installing gnustep-examples the problem went away.  The examples 
themselves aren't needed, but they have prerequisites that apparently supply the 
missing runtime components.  The whole thing is very mysterious, I must say; it 
would be nice if the diagnostics were clearer, but I'm so lost that I don't know 
what they should say.

Anyway, thank for checking, and I am closing the bug.  Bug#19507 still remains 
(it wasn't affected by installing gnustep-examples).

[Message part 3 (message/rfc822, inline)]

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Emacs bug reports and feature requests <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: --with-ns won't run on Fedora 21
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:29:21 -0800

On Fedora 21 x86-64, if I configure emacs with "./configure --with-ns 
CFLAGS='-g3 -O2 -DGNUSTEP'" (the -DGNUSTEP is to work around Bug#19507), the 
resulting executable fails with the following diagnostic:

2015-01-04 13:27:06.763 emacs[28811] Did not find correct version of backend 
(libgnustep-back-024.bundle), falling back to std (libgnustep-back.bundle).
2015-01-04 13:27:06.764 emacs[28811] NSApplication.m:304  Assertion failed in 
initialize_gnustep_backend.  Unable to find backend back
./emacs: Uncaught exception NSInternalInconsistencyException, reason: 
NSApplication.m:304  Assertion failed in initialize_gnustep_backend.  Unable to 
find backend back

Sorry, I don't know what those diagnostics mean.  I'm using just the standard 
Fedora 21 installation as far as I know.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.