Re: [Java-gnome-developer] gcj-only build [was: ANOUNCE: GNOME Platform Bindings 2.5.2]

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Hi,

> > Maybe I am not understanding the configure options correctly, or --help is not
> > showing all them. What I want to acomplish:
> > 
> > 1. Build Java-Gnome (or at least java-gtk and java-glade packages) using only
> > GCJ/GIJ, no need for another JVM/javac. So far configure allways complains it
> > needs a JDK. :-(
>
> I don't think there is actually an option to build without a VM (and a
> without a java compiler, gcj excluded). Any thougths?

If there isn't, I think it's a configure bug. GCJ can compile to bytecodes (can
do the same work as jikes or kaffe kjc) and it includes a VM, started by
command gij, so it can execute regular java apps compiled to bytecodes. You
should need anything except GCJ to compile java-gnome.

Has anyone tried to provide java/javac wrappers for gij/gcj? Red Hat Linux used
to provide these wrappers (to compile OpenOffice 1.0.x, not needed anymore for
1.1.0). This will be my next attemp, but I think that, instead of fool
configure, we should fix it.


[]s, Fernando Lozano