[Java-gnome-developer] [ java-gnome-Bugs-889277 ] Should build using only GCJ

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Bugs item #889277, was opened at 2004-02-02 16:15
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Category: build
Group: defect
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
>Assigned to: Jeffrey S. Morgan (kuzman)
Summary: Should build using only GCJ

Initial Comment:
The GCJ package (part of GCC and included on most linux
distros) can compile and execute standard java byte
codes, that is, it includes the ability to compile Java
sources to *.class files and run then. Besides it
includes jar and other standard command-line tools from
Sun Java2 SDK.

So it should be possible to compile java-gnome using
just GCJ, without the need for a Java2 SDK, which is
best suited for free-software operating systems. This
does not imply generating native code which depends on
libgcj. The generated class files could be run on Sun
Java2 SDK or Kaffe.

Actually Red Hat uses GCJ to compile Tomcat, Ant,
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver, Eclipse and other Java-related
apps included on RHEL3


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Comment By: Mark Howard (howama)
Date: 2004-02-03 03:58

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I did try to use autoconf-archive macros for java detection.
Unfortunately they did not set an includes variable for
compiling the c libraries. We really need help from an
autoconf expert.

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