Re: PATCH: Use libgcj_convenience.la ( Re: libjava bootstrap failure on sparc-sun-solaris2.8)

["H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 07:37:52PM -0500, Loren James Rittle wrote:
> >> Assuming this actually helps, please add a comment here explaining why
> >> libgcj_convenience.la exists.  Otherwise we won't remember it later
> >> on.  With that change, this is ok.  Thanks.
> 
> > Here is the patch I checked in.
> 
> I predict that this will fail as follows.  Since libgcj contains files
> with the same object name, making a convenience library that is
> unpacked into a new flat directory structure with a POSIX-compatible
> ar, the second step will drop required files (i.e. all but one with
> the same basename).

What made you think so? Can you take a look at what are inside
libjava/.libs/libgcj.a and tell me where they come from? Even if
what you said were true, that would be a libtool bug, wouldn't it?

> 
> Since the patch was checked in, I am suprised that this issue was not
> spotted during a regression check...  Also, you are suppose to report
> what platform you ran said regression check upon.  Where is that
> information?
> 

I tried my patch on gcc 3.1 branch:

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2002-06/msg00120.html


H.J.