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Re: 3.3-branch QA assessment
> From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
>
> >>>>> "Kaveh" == Kaveh R Ghazi <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu> writes:
>
> Tom> PR1343 is a libtool problem. The libtool currently in cvs can't
> Tom> handle a file name with a `$' in it. This has been failing for a long
> Tom> time; nobody has the time and/or motivation to fix it.
>
> Kaveh> I looked in the testcase libjava.compile/PR1343.java and don't see
> Kaveh> anything obvious relating to a `$'. What file contains it? Is the
> Kaveh> `$' related to what's being tested? If not, can we rename the
> Kaveh> particular file to avoid containing that?
>
> In Java, a member class is given a name with a `$' in it. This isn't
> actually specified by the language, but we still need to do it for
> compatibility. I think changing this would be pretty hairy; we're
> stuck with it.
Maybe Alexandre could take a look at the libtool problem?
Perhaps it's solved in a more recent version that can be imported?
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Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu