Re: GCJ Build Documentation

[Ranjit Mathew <rmathew at hotmail dot com>]

Frank Jacobs wrote:
> Today I noticed that the GCJ build documentation is no longer on the
> GCJ website. Here's an archived copy of the page I'm referring to:

It's not "gone" as such - it's still there:

    http://gcc.gnu.org/java/build-snapshot.html

only no longer linked to from the front page.


> Is there a reason for this page being gone? These instructions were
> so useful to beginners. It allows one to easily run a build even if
> they know nothing about GCC or the automake/autoconf/libtool trinity.

I happen to be the one who suggested that we no longer
maintain a separate build instructions page because
GCJ/libgcj are well integrated into GCC and the general
instructions suffice to build them.


> Now, if you click 'Installation', it brings you to the general GCC
> build instructions. These instructions are great and very detailed.
> However, for those new to GCJ they are a bit intimidating. Any chance
> we could resurrect the old build page?

The generic GCC build instructions are a bit detailed
simply to make you aware of the possibilities and
to shield you from the various "gotchas" (the most
common being building in the source directory itself)
as much as possible.

You should just skim through these instructions once
and then get around to them once more when you
are ready to build to pick the options that you
want. After a couple of times, you'd find that it's
not at all as hard as it appears to be.

Ranjit.

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