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Re: gcj, libjava status on darwin.
- From: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>
- To: Adam Megacz <gcj at lists dot megacz dot com>
- Cc: Andreas Tobler <toa at pop dot agri dot ch>, GCC-Java <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:14:03 -0700
- Subject: Re: gcj, libjava status on darwin.
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- References: <3CECD974.4020908@pop.agri.ch> <861yc2mtta.fsf@megacz.com>
Adam Megacz wrote:
>
> Speaking of gcj on Darwin, what ever happened to the issue whereby the
> GC wouldn't work on Darwin because the Darwin libpthread doesn't allow
> you to send a signal to a specific thread?
>
> I heard that Apple is now distributing gcc 3.1 binaries, and they
> include a gcj compiler -- does it lack thread support, or has this
> issue been resolved?
We're not including the gcj compiler. The way Apple builds GCC for
Mac OS X is somewhat idiosyncratic, and we haven't spent any time
on getting gcj into that machinery (in fact I've only just started
on g77).
Stan