Re: Patch: AWTException

[Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>]

Bryce> Is there a way we can speed up "make install"?

I sometimes run "make install-exec" to avoid installing the headers.

Or we could replace the install-data-local rule with something faster.

>> Maybe as a "java-awt.so" library?

Bryce> Personally I think "libgcjawt.so" sounds better, but I guess
Bryce> "java-awt.so" would mean that class.forName() can work on
Bryce> it.

On second thought I imagine nobody will load AWT that way.

Bryce> What we should consider is ultimatly having a extendable
Bryce> mechanism where the compiler can automatically link with the
Bryce> right libraries. Typing "-ljava-awt" won't be too much of a
Bryce> problem for now, but it would be cool if the compiler could
Bryce> automagically link the right libraries based on what your code
Bryce> is using.

Any suggestions for how we could implement this?
I guess we could just hack the linker somehow.
Historically we haven't put much effort into linker hacking for Java.

Tom