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Re: Compiling java without boehm-gc
On 07/16/2010 09:54 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
> On 16 July 2010 21:44, David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
>> On 07/16/2010 12:58 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it supported to build java without gc?
>>
>> I don't think so. Even if it were, it wouldn't be very useful.
>>
>> Probably a better use of time would be to fix whatever problem is keeping
>> the GC from working for you.
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> This boils down to boehm-gc being not upto-date with boehm CVS.
>
> The last try from nightstrike to try to get someone to merge a newer
> one stalled in 2006.
2009, actually: exactly a year ago. I think he wanted x86_64-*-mingw*
support, but no-one volunteered to do any of the work to get it into
gcc. We could try to get the process re-started.
Is there a platform that you are using that isn't supported by the
version of the GC in gcc sources?
Andrew.