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Re: libgcj/384: Bootstrapping of current GCC CVS version fails in libjava
- To: tromey at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: libgcj/384: Bootstrapping of current GCC CVS version fails in libjava
- From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Date: 13 Dec 2000 09:16:00 -0000
- Cc: java-prs at sourceware dot cygnus dot com,
- Reply-To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
The following reply was made to PR libgcj/384; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
To: aj@suse.de
Cc: java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: libgcj/384: Bootstrapping of current GCC CVS version fails in
libjava
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:07:42 +1300
aj@suse.de wrote:
> java/lang/Boolean.java:25: Blank static final variable `FALSE' may not have be initialized.
> public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
> ^
> java/lang/Boolean.java:26: Blank static final variable `TRUE' may not have be initialized.
> public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
> ^
> 2 errors
This is a known (and extremely annoying) bug. Right now, bootstrapping simply does not produce a working jc1. The workaround is to build gcc/gcj with an older compiler, like egcs 1.1.2, gcc 2.95, or RH's gcc 2.96.
regards
[ bryce ]