Re: [PATCH] Java: Standard comformant arithmetic

[Alexandre Oliva <oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br>]

On Jul 22, 1999, Andrew Haley <aph@pasanda.cygnus.co.uk> wrote:

> That's right.  The compiler needs to know about the capabilities of
> the the run-time.

I see.  Then we'd have to move parts of the configure code from libgcj
into gcc.  Maybe gcc could install a ``conservative'' libgcj.spec,
that might generate non-optimal code, but it would work even if libgcj
is not installed.

Anyway, it is probably a bad idea.  Better just make it clear that gcj
will only work if libgcj is installed too.  After we arrange that
libgcj builds within the gcc build tree, we might even check for
libgcj when deciding whether to build gcj.

> The place to pass this is the specfile, which Kaffe should provide.

That's a very good idea, thanks :-)

Alexandre> gcj: libgcj.spec: No such file or directory

> Right, that's a bug.  We need to add more logic to determine if phases
> which need the specfile will be run.  I'll have a look at this.

Thanks

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