Bad HTML link and javalib/gcc-2.95.3 combo question

[Andrew Haley <aph at cambridge dot redhat dot com>]

Ken Ihrig writes:
 > Your web site has a bad link:
 > 
 > >From http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.95/features.html check "Java ... runtime
 > library" which references a bad page:
 > 
 >   http://gcc.gnu.org/javaannounce.html
 > 
 > This is exactly the information I was looking for.  I want to use the new
 > gcc-2.95.3 release combined with the latest Java runtime libraries.  I
 > haven't been able to figure out how to do this

As a general rule, you should use the same release of libgcj as the
compiler.  One of the reasons we to ship libgcj with the compiler is
that we can ensure that they are compatible.

 > If I built the snapshot in one directory and then built the 2-95.3 release
 > in another directory (make bootstrap for both) then did a make install
 > first in the snapshot directory and then in the 2-95.3 directory, would
 > this do what I want?  Is there an easier method?

That depends.  What are you trying to do?

Andrew.