Re: enable static libgcj on darwin

[Joel Dice <dicej at mailsnare dot net>]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, Adam Megacz wrote:
> Look, if I'm wrong, please explain why classes fail to get registered
> in static libgcj builds on Darwin.

In my work with micro-libgcj, I found the following patch useful.  Perhaps 
it addresses your problem.

diff --git a/libjava/darwin.cc b/libjava/darwin.cc
index d427ba7..6d27caf 100644
--- a/libjava/darwin.cc
+++ b/libjava/darwin.cc
@@ -61,3 +61,11 @@ static struct darwin_constructor_s{
     /* At present, you mustn't unload any java plugin.  */
   };
 } darwin_constructor;
+
+#ifdef JV_ULIBGCJ_DARWIN
+// this is here to force the linker to include the object file
+// generated from this compilation unit.
+void _Jv_DarwinStaticLinkDummyFunction(void) {
+  // do nothing
+}
+#endif//JV_ULIBGCJ_DARWIN
diff --git a/libjava/prims.cc b/libjava/prims.cc
index 3a55bfb..cf1d049 100644
--- a/libjava/prims.cc
+++ b/libjava/prims.cc
@@ -1267,6 +1267,10 @@ parse_init_args (JvVMInitArgs* vm_args)
   return 0;
 }

+#ifdef JV_ULIBGCJ_DARWIN
+extern void _Jv_DarwinStaticLinkDummyFunction(void);
+#endif//JV_ULIBGCJ_DARWIN
+
 jint
 _Jv_CreateJavaVM (JvVMInitArgs* vm_args)
 {
@@ -1283,6 +1287,11 @@ _Jv_CreateJavaVM (JvVMInitArgs* vm_args)

   PROCESS_GCJ_PROPERTIES;

+#ifdef JV_ULIBGCJ_DARWIN
+  // this is here to force the linker to include darwin.o.
+  _Jv_DarwinStaticLinkDummyFunction();
+#endif//JV_ULIBGCJ_DARWIN
+
   /* Threads must be initialized before the GC, so that it inherits the
      signal mask.  */
   _Jv_InitThreads ();