WeakRef updated to better support Tango -- and a question

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Jason House wrote:

> Sean Kelly Wrote:
> 
>> == Quote from Jaaon House (jason.james.house at gmail.com)'s article
>> > Lars Ivar Igesund Wrote:
>> > > Jason House Wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Regardless, adding -lgtango and -lgphobos doesn't solve my linking
>> > > > issues.
>> > > > Below is a copy and paste of the complete output.  I also attached
>> > > > my TT code that's causing my problem.
>> > >
>> > > I wasn't suggesting that these were missing, but rather that you got
>> > > the Phobos version of the runtime. If that is not the case, could you
>> please take it to the Tango forum or create a ticket?
>> > >
>> > > Lars Ivar
>> > Given that I must continue using 0.99.4, and the ensuing pain to
>> > rebuild and install Tango without the installer, what is the easiest
>> > way to
>> test this?
>> 
>> Use any non-template Tango routine and see if you get a linker error
>>  when building the app.
> 
> They're sprinkled throughout the 9000+ line code base.  It all worked
> before I tried using the weak ref stuff.  I also know that -lgtango was
> required with gdc to compile with gdc.  I added -lgphobos based off of
> this thread.

libgtango was never required, but recommended (and possibly not even that if
using dsss (rebuild)). libgphobos has always been required, but should
normally be linked automatically by GDC.

>> But I'll admit to being a bit surprised that the
>> Tango build process is painful.  It amounts to running one script,
>> at least for the base lib.
> 
> 
> I'm not set up for building Tango every day.  The code I used to
> build/install 0.99.4 was purged from my machine.  I can't go to the Tango
> web site and download 0.99.4 anymore.  I have to go to svn.  That means
> looking up the svn repository, finding the code, and checking it out. 
> Then I have to poke around the Tango web site until I find the
> instructions on building and installing Tango (again, I don't do it every
> day).  Running the build script is a step in the process, but I know it
> isn't everything.  The build script creates stuff, but then the proper
> files have to get moved to the proper locations.  That includes stuff like
> tracking down which directories gdc uses.
> 
> Maybe I'm slow, but that's not a 2 minute task for me.

0.99.4 is easily available from

http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/PriorReleases.

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