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RE: autoconf 2.50 updates - libjava
- To: <tromey at redhat dot com>, "Zack Weinberg" <zackw at Stanford dot EDU>
- Subject: RE: autoconf 2.50 updates - libjava
- From: "Anthony Green" <green at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 23:49:33 -0700
- Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Reply-To: <green at redhat dot com>
Tom wrote:
> AC_TRY_LINK([extern int data_start;], [return ((int) &data_start);],
> [AC_MSG_RESULT(found it)],
> [LIBDATASTARTSPEC="-u data_start libgcjdata.a%s"
> NEEDS_DATA_START=yes
> AC_MSG_RESULT(missing)])
>
> Anthony, why did we need this?
It was needed in order to identify the start of the data section on Alpha
Linux, which didn't define data_start like other Linux systems.
I don't think it works very well...
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2000-q2/msg00086.html
AG