devel/objfw 1.5.7_1

Portable, lightweight framework for the Objective-C language

Repository: FreeBSD ports
Maintainer: [email protected]
Last update: 2026-09-04
Commit: b06edc5f80
License: LGPL3
Categories: devel, lang
Package size: 2664.4 KiB, 46011.6 KiB installed

Description

ObjFW is a highly portable, lightweight, general purpose, open source Objective-C framework with full Objective-C 2.0, blocks and ARC support, providing not only basic classes like strings, arrays and dictionaries, but also providing abstractions for OS-dependant functionality like asynchronous sockets.

While a lot of the core API is similar to Foundation, it breaks with Foundation's API on purpose in many places to embrace new features which Foundation can't use completely due to its backwards compatibility. One such example are exceptions, which are a first class citizen in ObjFW and not merely to inform the programmer of his wrongdoings like in Foundation.

ObjFW runs on a huge list of platforms and offers the same API on all of them so that software written using ObjFW runs on all platforms supported by ObjFW without #ifdef hells or the like. It does not only run on almost any POSIX system that supports GCC >= 4, but it also works on Windows and niche platforms like the PlayStation Portable.

Install

As a binary package — by origin, or by package name:

pkg install devel/objfw
pkg install objfw

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/devel/objfw/ && make install clean

To depend on this port in another port's Makefile:

RUN_DEPENDS=	objfw>0:devel/objfw
LIB_DEPENDS=	libobjfw.so:devel/objfw

Packages

The version each package repository carries. “-” means the repository builds no package of it, “n/a” that there is no such repository.

Repository	aarch64	amd64	armv6	armv7	i386
FreeBSD:14:latest	1.5.7_1	1.5.7_1	-	-	1.5.7_1
FreeBSD:14:quarterly	1.5.7_1	1.5.7_1	n/a	-	1.5.7_1
FreeBSD:15:latest	1.5.7_1	1.5.7_1	n/a	-	1.2.1_1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly	1.5.7_1	1.5.7_1	n/a	n/a	n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest	1.5.7_1	1.5.7_1	n/a	n/a	n/a
FreeBSD:16:quarterly	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Repository

aarch64

amd64

armv6

armv7

i386

FreeBSD:14:latest

1.5.7_1

FreeBSD:14:quarterly

1.5.7_1

n/a

1.5.7_1

FreeBSD:15:latest

1.5.7_1

n/a

1.2.1_1

FreeBSD:15:quarterly

1.5.7_1

n/a

FreeBSD:16:latest

1.5.7_1

n/a

FreeBSD:16:quarterly

n/a

Dependencies

The Makefile names none itself; they come from USES and USE_*.

The full lists below include those, and their dependencies in turn.

All build dependencies 59

No port depends on this one.

Configuration

Options name: devel_objfw

Option	Default	Description
DOCS	off	Build and/or install documentation
GNUTLS	off	SSL/TLS support via GnuTLS
MBEDTLS	off	SSL/TLS support via mbed TLS
NOTLS	off	no SSL/TLS support
OPENSSL	on	SSL/TLS support via OpenSSL

Option

Default

Description

DOCS

off

Build and/or install documentation

GNUTLS

off

SSL/TLS support via GnuTLS

MBEDTLS

off

SSL/TLS support via mbed TLS

NOTLS

off

no SSL/TLS support

OPENSSL

SSL/TLS support via OpenSSL

Service scripts: none

Files

Manual pages 8

objfw-compile(1)
objfw-config(1)
objfw-embed(1)
objfw-new(1)
ofarc(1)
ofdns(1)
ofhash(1)
ofhttp(1)

pkg-plist 2310

bin/objfw-compile
bin/objfw-config
bin/objfw-embed
bin/objfw-new
bin/ofarc
bin/ofdns
bin/ofhash
bin/ofhttp
include/ObjFW/OFAAAADNSResourceRecord.h
include/ObjFW/OFADNSResourceRecord.h
include/ObjFW/OFAcceptSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFAllocFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFAlreadyOpenException.h
include/ObjFW/OFApplication.h
include/ObjFW/OFArchiveEntry.h
include/ObjFW/OFArray.h
include/ObjFW/OFAtomic.h
include/ObjFW/OFBindIPSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFBindSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFBindUNIXSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFBlock.h
include/ObjFW/OFBroadcastConditionFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFCNAMEDNSResourceRecord.h
include/ObjFW/OFCanvas.h
include/ObjFW/OFChangeCurrentDirectoryFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFCharacterSet.h
include/ObjFW/OFChecksumMismatchException.h
include/ObjFW/OFCollection.h
include/ObjFW/OFColor.h
include/ObjFW/OFColorSpace.h
include/ObjFW/OFCondition.h
include/ObjFW/OFConditionStillWaitingException.h
include/ObjFW/OFConnectIPSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFConnectSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFConnectUNIXSocketFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFConstantString.h
include/ObjFW/OFCopyItemFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFCountedSet.h
include/ObjFW/OFCreateDirectoryFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFCreateSymbolicLinkFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFCryptographicHash.h
include/ObjFW/OFDNSQuery.h
include/ObjFW/OFDNSQueryFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFDNSResolver.h
include/ObjFW/OFDNSResourceRecord.h
include/ObjFW/OFDNSResponse.h
include/ObjFW/OFData+CryptographicHashing.h
include/ObjFW/OFData+MessagePackParsing.h
include/ObjFW/OFData.h
include/ObjFW/OFDatagramSocket.h
include/ObjFW/OFDate.h
include/ObjFW/OFDeflate64Stream.h
include/ObjFW/OFDeflateStream.h
include/ObjFW/OFDictionary.h
include/ObjFW/OFEmbeddedIRIHandler.h
include/ObjFW/OFEnumerationMutationException.h
include/ObjFW/OFEnumerator.h
include/ObjFW/OFException.h
include/ObjFW/OFFile.h
include/ObjFW/OFFileManager.h
include/ObjFW/OFGZIPStream.h
include/ObjFW/OFGetCurrentDirectoryFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFGetItemAttributesFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFGetOptionFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFHINFODNSResourceRecord.h
include/ObjFW/OFHMAC.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPClient.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPCookie.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPCookieManager.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPRequest.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPRequestFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPResponse.h
include/ObjFW/OFHTTPServer.h
include/ObjFW/OFHashAlreadyCalculatedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFHashNotCalculatedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFINICategory.h
include/ObjFW/OFINIFile.h
include/ObjFW/OFINISection.h
include/ObjFW/OFIRI.h
include/ObjFW/OFIRIHandler.h
include/ObjFW/OFImage.h
include/ObjFW/OFImageFormatHandler.h
include/ObjFW/OFIndexSet.h
include/ObjFW/OFInflate64Stream.h
include/ObjFW/OFInflateStream.h
include/ObjFW/OFInitializationFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFInvalidArgumentException.h
include/ObjFW/OFInvalidEncodingException.h
include/ObjFW/OFInvalidFormatException.h
include/ObjFW/OFInvalidJSONException.h
include/ObjFW/OFInvalidServerResponseException.h
include/ObjFW/OFInvocation.h
include/ObjFW/OFJSONRepresentation.h
include/ObjFW/OFJoinThreadFailedException.h
include/ObjFW/OFKernelEventObserver.h
include/ObjFW/OFKeyValueCoding.h
include/ObjFW/OFLHAArchive.h
include/ObjFW/OFLHAArchiveEntry.h
include/ObjFW/OFLOCDNSResourceRecord.h
include/ObjFW/OFLinkItemFailedException.h

The first 100 are listed.

distinfo 1

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objfw-1.5.7.tar.gz	1.034864e+06	e637c32731dc07396b812c4019f34d1417a3f7aa39d450b7f27c9bcdc23b3e12

File

Size

SHA256

objfw-1.5.7.tar.gz

1.034864e+06

e637c32731dc07396b812c4019f34d1417a3f7aa39d450b7f27c9bcdc23b3e12

Master sites 1

https://objfw.nil.im/downloads/

Commit history 4

Date Commit Credits Log message

2026-09-04 b06edc5f80 Dima Panov devel/objfw: fix plist after devel/doxygen update

2026-08-12 48129a7216 Piotr Kubaj devel/objfw: replace powerpc64* fix with upstream version

Date	Commit	Credits	Log message
2026-09-04	`b06edc5f80`	Dima Panov	devel/objfw: fix plist after devel/doxygen update
2026-08-12	`48129a7216`	Piotr Kubaj	*devel/objfw: replace powerpc64 fix with upstream version**
2026-08-03	`60252f3830`	Piotr Kubaj	devel/objfw: fix build on powerpc64* Taking the address of _objc_taggedPointerClasses with addis %r6, %r2, _objc_taggedPointerClasses@toc@ha addi %r6, %r6, _objc_taggedPointerClasses@toc@l emits an R_PPC64_TOC16_LO relocation against the symbol itself, which requires the symbol to be non-preemptible and reachable relative to the TOC pointer. Neither holds for a global symbol in a shared library, so linking libobjfwrt.so fails on FreeBSD/powerpc64le: ld: error: relocation R_PPC64_TOC16_LO cannot be used against symbol '_objc_taggedPointerClasses'; recompile with -fPIC >>> defined in tagged-pointer.lib.o >>> referenced by lookup-asm.lib.o:(objc_msg_lookup) in archive lookup-asm/lookup-asm.lib.a The "recompile with -fPIC" hint is misleading: every object is already …
2026-07-06	`62835f0853`	Jonathan Schleifer	devel/objfw: Update 1.4.1 => 1.5.7 Commit log: https://git.nil.im/ObjFW/ObjFW/compare/1.4.1-release...1.5.7-release PR: 296526 Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit) MFH: 2026Q2

2026-08-03

60252f3830

Piotr Kubaj

devel/objfw: fix build on powerpc64*

Taking the address of _objc_taggedPointerClasses with addis %r6, %r2, _objc_taggedPointerClasses@toc@ha addi %r6, %r6, _objc_taggedPointerClasses@toc@l emits an R_PPC64_TOC16_LO relocation against the symbol itself, which requires the symbol to be non-preemptible and reachable relative to the TOC pointer. Neither holds for a global symbol in a shared library, so linking libobjfwrt.so fails on FreeBSD/powerpc64le: ld: error: relocation R_PPC64_TOC16_LO cannot be used against symbol '_objc_taggedPointerClasses'; recompile with -fPIC >>> defined in tagged-pointer.lib.o >>> referenced by lookup-asm.lib.o:(objc_msg_lookup) in archive lookup-asm/lookup-asm.lib.a The "recompile with -fPIC" hint is misleading: every object is already …

2026-07-06

62835f0853

Jonathan Schleifer

devel/objfw: Update 1.4.1 => 1.5.7

Commit log: https://git.nil.im/ObjFW/ObjFW/compare/1.4.1-release...1.5.7-release PR: 296526 Approved by: osa, vvd (Mentors, implicit) MFH: 2026Q2