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Re: [JAVA] /bin/sh portability issues in gen-classlist.sh.in
- From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- To: Roger Sayle <roger at eyesopen dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:18:36 +0200
- Subject: Re: [JAVA] /bin/sh portability issues in gen-classlist.sh.in
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0607062201340.25035-100000@www.eyesopen.com>
> The following patch, the first in a series, fixes some shell portability
> issues building libjava using /bin/sh on Solaris. As pointed out by
> Andrew Pinski, I should probably simply use CONFIG_SHELL, however I
> think I've managed to resolve all the remaining shell issues preventing
> bootstraping mainline GCC on Solaris/x86 with the native /bin/sh.
I think it's a lost cause, in my experience /bin/sh randomly fails to
configure target libraries on Solaris. I'll personally make no effort
to support /bin/sh on Solaris even if your patches go in, i.e. I'll keep
closing PRs related to the problem as invalid.
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Eric Botcazou