paging the macports devs about NSObject between Lion and Mountain Lion

[Gagan Sidhu]

oh does the list parse out indented comments? if so my apologies!

the original error is this:

GagansMacPro:updater Gagan$ /opt/local/bin/ccache /opt/local/bin/clang++ -isysroot /Users/Gagan/.mozbuild/MacOSX14.4.sdk -objc -mmacosx-version-min=10.7 -stdlib=libc++ -o ../../../../dist/bin/org.mozilla.updater -fstack-protector-strong -fno-sized-deallocation -fno-aligned-new -fno-exceptions -fPIC -fno-rtti -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-exceptions -fno-math-errno -pthread -gdwarf-4 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -funwind-tables -Wl,@/Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/org_mozilla_updater.list    -fuse-ld=lld -fstack-protector-strong -Wl,-rpath, at executable_path/../Frameworks/UpdateSettings.framework -sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0/dist/bin/Info.plist -sectcreate __TEXT __launchd_plist /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/Launchd.plist  ../../../../build/pure_virtual/libpure_virtual.a -Wl,-rpath, at executable_path ../../../../dist/bin/UpdateSettings -framework Security -framework Cocoa -framework SystemConfiguration
ld64.lld: error: undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS_$_NSObject
>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/launchchild_osx.mm
>>>               launchchild_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_CLASS_$_ElevatedUpdateServer+0x8)
>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/progressui_osx.mm
>>>               progressui_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_CLASS_$_UpdaterUI+0x8)

ld64.lld: error: undefined symbol: OBJC_METACLASS_$_NSObject
>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/launchchild_osx.mm
>>>               launchchild_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_METACLASS_$_ElevatedUpdateServer+0x8)
>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/launchchild_osx.mm
>>>               launchchild_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_METACLASS_$_ElevatedUpdateServer+0x0)
>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/progressui_osx.mm
>>>               progressui_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_METACLASS_$_UpdaterUI+0x8)
>>> referenced 1 more times


with or without -lobjc

Thanks,
Gagan

> On Jun 10, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I can't see lobjc on the link line.
> 
> Could you show us a failed link with it there?
> 
> Thx
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2024, at 8:51 AM, Gagan Sidhu via macports-dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> GagansMacPro:updater Gagan$ /opt/local/bin/ccache /opt/local/bin/clang++ -isysroot /Users/Gagan/.mozbuild/MacOSX14.4.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.7 -stdlib=libc++ -o ../../../../dist/bin/org.mozilla.updater -fstack-protector-strong -fno-sized-deallocation -fno-aligned-new -fno-exceptions -fPIC -fno-rtti -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-exceptions -fno-math-errno -pthread -gdwarf-4 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -funwind-tables -Wl,@/Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/org_mozilla_updater.list    -fuse-ld=lld -fstack-protector-strong -Wl,-rpath, at executable_path/../Frameworks/UpdateSettings.framework -sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/obj-x86_64-apple-darwin18.7.0/dist/bin/Info.plist -sectcreate __TEXT __launchd_plist /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/Launchd.plist  ../../../../build/pure_virtual/libpure_virtual.a -Wl,-rpath, at executable_path ../../../../dist/bin/UpdateSettings -framework Security -framework Cocoa -framework SystemConfiguration
>> 
>> with or without -lobjc still produces the same undefined symbol error.
>> 
>> sorry for the duplicate message ken. forgot to send it ot the mailer.
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 10, 2024, at 9:45 AM, Ken Cunningham <ken.cunningham.webuse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It's easier to help if we can see the link line you're using, but in short you need to make sure that lobjc is in the link libs, sometimes by explicitly adding it:
>>>> 
>>>> LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -framework Cocoa -lobjc"
>>>> 
>>>> K
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jun 10, 2024, at 8:08 AM, Gagan Sidhu via macports-dev <macports-dev at lists.macports.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> hi team,
>>>>> 
>>>>> first of all, i just built the clang-18 properly and wow am i amazed. here i was asking about wasm and stuff, i should have been a little more thorough, my bad.
>>>>> 	-really this thing is a work of art. great yob
>>>>> 
>>>>> now to my question, which i also posted to stackexchange(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78602533/using-nsobject-with-modern-os-x-sdk-14-4-and-10-7-macosx-deployment-target)
>>>>> 
>>>>> briefly: the NSObject class moved from the runtime to Foundation from Lion to Mountain Lion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> so there is a little bit of a “hole” in trying to compile for a 10.7 target using an SDK that is >=10.8:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ld64.lld: error: undefined symbol: OBJC_CLASS_$_NSObject
>>>>>>>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/launchchild_osx.mm
>>>>>>>>>             launchchild_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_CLASS_$_ElevatedUpdateServer+0x8)
>>>>>>>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/progressui_osx.mm
>>>>>>>>>             progressui_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_CLASS_$_UpdaterUI+0x8)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ld64.lld: error: undefined symbol: OBJC_METACLASS_$_NSObject
>>>>>>>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/launchchild_osx.mm
>>>>>>>>>             launchchild_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_METACLASS_$_ElevatedUpdateServer+0x8)
>>>>>>>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/launchchild_osx.mm
>>>>>>>>>             launchchild_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_METACLASS_$_ElevatedUpdateServer+0x0)
>>>>>>>>> referenced by /Users/Gagan/Downloads/mozilla-unified/toolkit/mozapps/update/updater/progressui_osx.mm
>>>>>>>>>             progressui_osx.o:(symbol OBJC_METACLASS_$_UpdaterUI+0x8)
>>>>>>>>> referenced 1 more times
>>>>>> clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> usually it will say something like this because, as is obvious to this educated and sharp crowd, the >=10.8 objc runtime will not have NSObject like 10.7, and thus there is no framework we can link for a 10.7 target to get NSObject.
>>>>> 
>>>>> have any of you vets dealt this issew? is there a simple way? i haven’t thought too hard about trying to use an OSObject but i’m open to alternatives.
>>>>> 
>>>>> maybe duplicating the class and renaming any usage with a macro? i was hoping for sokmething cleaner tho.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Gagan
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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