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Re: [PATCH] libjava: Add option to disable BC ABI in libgcj.


Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Andrew Haley wrote:
>   
>>> I don't think so, but I have a limited grasp of the English language.  I
>>> will defer to others on which of 'affected' or 'effected' should be used
>>> here.
>>>       
>> OK, so take it from me: it's "affected".
>>     
>
> ;-)  David, I assume Andrew is going to give the final Ack for the patch 
> (or has done so already).  Just make sure you won't stall on me, I was 
> mainly trying to give some feedback.
>   
OK.

Andrew, it's in your hands now.  How about this version?

The only change is to use 'affected' instead off 'effected'.

2008-01-27  David Daney  <ddaney@avtrex.com>

    * doc/install.texi (--disable-libgcj-bc):  Reword documentation.

Index: doc/install.texi
===================================================================
--- doc/install.texi	(revision 131882)
+++ doc/install.texi	(working copy)
@@ -1557,12 +1557,13 @@ Disable JVMPI support.
 @item --disable-libgcj-bc
 Disable BC ABI compilation of certain parts of libgcj.  By default,
 some portions of libgcj are compiled with @option{-findirect-dispatch}
-@option{-fno-indirect-classes}.  This allows them to be overridden at
-runtime.
+and @option{-fno-indirect-classes}, allowing them to be overridden at
+run-time.
 
 If @option{--disable-libgcj-bc} is specified, libgcj is built without
-these options.  This makes it impossible to override portions of
-libgcj at runtime, but can make it easier to statically link to libgcj.
+these options.  This allows the compile-time linker to resolve
+dependencies when statically linking to libgcj.  However it makes it
+impossible to override the affected portions of libgcj at run-time.
 
 @item --with-ecos
 Enable runtime eCos target support.

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