Re: [Java-gnome-developer] libgtk-java-2.5.1 impressions

[Joe M. C. <ma...@Fr...>]

On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 06:32, Mark Howard wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 01:11:05PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > In my effort to port as much GNOME as possible to FreeBSD, I started on
> > the Java-GNOME packages last night.=20
> That's great news, thanks!
>=20
> > I hope you don't mind me sharing.  Again, this is
> > libgtk-java-2.5.1 that was uploaded to the GNOME mirrors yesterday.
> Sharing is what open source is all about. Please do! your comments are
> very much appreciated.=20
> I think most people have been using the all-in-one java-gnome tarball
> (not available from gnome.org, IIRC), so the gtk one hasn't had as much
> testing.=20
>=20
> > * The root Makefile is missing a ';' in the install target
> Where? it looks fine to me.

In the install target.  I sent a patch last night.

>=20
> > * The gtk/src Makefile references LIBGTKHTML_CFLAGS, GNOME_CFLAGS, and
> > LIBGLADE_CFLAGS.  I assume these are vestiges of the Java-GNOME split,
> > but since they are unexpanded by configure, they break the build.
> I will fix this.=20
>=20
> > * The gtk/src Makefile links with --no-undefined, but this causes
> > unresolved libc symbols on FreeBSD, and thus -lc is also needed.  I'm
> > not sure if this is a problem for Linux.
> Isn't this found in CFLAGS?

Nope, not on FreeBSD.  I sent a patch last night.

>=20
> > * The documentation is not properly installed since the doc directory
> > macro is not expanded by configure.
> Fixed in cvs.=20
>=20
> > * Finally, the library installed is libgtkjava2.3.so.2.3.1, but the API
> > tries to load libgtkjava2.5.so.
> That shouldn't be happening. Could you send the error please?

I sent a patch last night.  If you look at th System.loadLibrary() call
in Gtk.java, you will see it loads "gtkjava@apiversion@" which
translates to libgtkjava2.5.so.  However, in the Makefile, only
libgtkjava2.3.so.2.3.1 is installed (as far as I could tell).  I add a
symlink for this on the FreeBSD install.

>=20
> > Other than that, it works quite well.  Like I said, I do have patches
> > for all of this, but I wasn't sure if these new GNOME mirror images are
> > ready for general consumption, or if I jumped the gun.  Thanks.
> They're development snapshots created just after completely changing the
> build system. I'd say they should be ready for general consumption by
> technical people; with help like yours they will be ready for even wider
> use very soon.
>=20
> Thanks for trying java-gnome. I hope you will be able to give feedback
> on 2.5.2 :)

Always.  I can't wait to start building some apps with this!

Joe

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Joe Marcus Clarke
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