I forgot the mention that the call that triggers the code in the previous email
is
GNUMail_main.m line 35 :
pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
(gdb) bt -5
#22 0x00007ffff4b606b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgnustep-base.so.1.24
#23 0x00007ffff59990b6 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libobjc.so.4
#24 0x00007ffff5999117 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libobjc.so.4
#25 0x00007ffff599ad48 in objc_msg_lookup () from
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libobjc.so.4
#26 0x000055555555558c in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe468, env=<optimized
out>) at GNUMail_main.m:35
(gdb)
> On 19 Dec 2017, at 18:45, Daniel Santos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I checked the sources and Project Center defaults to calling NSWorkspace
> which in turn calls xdg to open files. So I will leave it at that.
>
> As to the GNUmail error, I ran the program through GDB and the following call
> in NSThread is returning null :
>
> line 619 : NSThread *t = pthread_getspecific(thread_object_key);
>
> where the value for thread_object_key is 0 (as seen in gdb). Since this is
> the first thread that is created I guess this is normal, because no set was
> previously made
>
> It then does :
> if (nil == thr)
> {
> NSValue *selfThread = NSValueCreateFromPthread(pthread_self());
> ...
>
> which also returns null. This I think it should not return null
> it then does :
>
> if (nil == thr)
> {
> GSRegisterCurrentThread();
> thr = pthread_getspecific(thread_object_key);
> if ((nil == defaultThread) && IS_MAIN_PTHREAD)
> {
> defaultThread = RETAIN(thr);
> }
> }
> but unless it was set in some other place, the variable thread_object_key is
> still 0, so thr should still be null after this.
> And then the assertion :
> assert(nil != thr && "No main thread”); is reached, and there’s the error I
> saw in the console.
>
> I noticed that I can make GNUMail if i first run the GNUStep.sh script from
> the makefiles project, and then the error running it.
> If I don’t run the GNUStep.sh script and do make on the command line I get :
>
> This is gnustep-make 2.7.0. Type 'make print-gnustep-make-help' for help.
> Running in gnustep-make version 2 strict mode.
> /usr/local/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/config-noarch.make:121: ***
> GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT is obsolete. Stop.
>
> Regards
>
>> On 17 Dec 2017, at 17:38, Ivan Vučica <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> 1. You might mean xdg-open, though I doubt PC checks freedesktop.org
>> <http://freedesktop.org/>'s mime database before deciding how to open the
>> file. It's probably based on the extension. I have not used PC in years, but
>> doesn't it generate and overwrite GNUmakefile? I'd expect if you manage to
>> get PC to open it, it might not be as useful.
>> I'd rather recommend that, if a project doesn't come with a PC project file,
>> don't try to use PC unless upstream wants to support this.
>>
>> 2. Did you uninstall all of GNUstep? Did you remove /etc/GNUstep.conf? Other
>> than that, there isn't enough information to make a guess, I think. How
>> about a nice backtrace, from which you or someone else can work out where
>> GNUMail died.
>> This is rather generic and just says something didn't create the main
>> thread. How did you build GNUMail? Unfortunately, you may want to provide
>> full steps from a blank machine to the state in which you are.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 23:46 Daniel Santos <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have cloned the GNUStep repos on GitHub and built them and installed them
>> on a Debian 9. Then I downloaded GNUMail 1.2.3 and installed its
>> dependencies (Pantomime and AddressBook)
>> I ran Address Book and i seems to be running fine. I then built GNUMail and
>> when trying to run it form the command line I am getting the following error
>> :
>>
>> GNUMail: NSThread.m:646: GSCurrentThread: Assertion `nil != thr &&
>> "No main thread"' failed.
>>
>> ,wich lead me to download and build project center to look at the sources
>> and try to debug it. Project center installed fine (the release version on
>> the main site) and I then created a project in the directory of the GNUMail
>> sources.
>>
>> When I open the GNUmakefile the file opens in a external editor and not in
>> Project center. I investigated it and it seems to be related to xdc-open. I
>> didn’t get a chance to look at the GNUMail code yet.
>>
>> I have two questions :
>> 1 - Is it possible to make project center ignore xdc-open and open all the
>> text files it knows in its own editor ?
>> 2 - Any clue to why the error in GNUMail is happenning ?
>>
>> Thanks
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