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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.