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Re: `make install` should install the info files in java
- To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>
- Subject: Re: `make install` should install the info files in java
- From: Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>
- Date: 01 Apr 2001 21:18:45 -0700
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
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Tom Tromey wrote:
> Right now we install fastjar. However, I don't think we should.
> We really should only use it when building.
Bryce McKinlay <bryce@waitaki.otago.ac.nz> writes:
> Why not? The JDK provides a jar utility, I don't see a reason why we
> shouldn't, except that it might be nicer to have out own "jar" written
> in Java which excercises the java.util.jar implementation in libgcj.
Assuming fastjar is compatible with JDK's jar, we should it install
it as $prefix/bin/jar. Yes, we could have a jar tool written in Java,
but presumably fastjar is faster. But a bigger reason for using fastjar
rather than something written using java.util.jar is cross-compilation:
fastjar is a "host" tool; libjava is a "target" library. At some point
there might be a reason for host tools written in Java, but a jar
program is not it.
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