Re: [PATCH, take 2] Build java as two separate DLLs on windows.

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Andrew Haley wrote:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>> Andrew Haley wrote:
>>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Here's the final version of my libjava-as-dlls patch.  Nobody had anything
>>>>> much to say about the first draft so I take it there were no obvious massive
>>>>> flaws; 
> 
>> I also wanted to let the other gcj maintainers know that I am interested in
>> this patch and will try to review it.
> 
> I had a look, and while it looks OK it seems to be written only for Windows.
> That's a shame.  Will it work on GNU/Linux?  Can it be made to?  That would
> help to keep the facility from bitrotting.

  I haven't tried to make it work on Linux, as I'm none too clear about the
implications of ELFs and DSOs and rpaths and how it all relates, but it ought
to be possible and not even too difficult; the principle of just dividing up
the list of .lo files into separate sublibraries built by libtool ought to
at-least-nearly almost work already.  (It might even "just work" as-is, but
that seems a couple of iotas too much to hope for.)

  I have a couple of very busy days immediately ahead but I'll try and take it
for a spin on a linux VM later this week or over the weekend.

    cheers,
      DaveK