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Re: libgcj fail to build on Mac OSX
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- Cc: Andreas Tobler <toa at pop dot agri dot ch>, Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>, <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: 11 Sep 2003 09:22:08 -0600
- Subject: Re: libgcj fail to build on Mac OSX
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309101231350.8791-100000@ops2.one-point.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Sturm <jsturm@one-point.com> writes:
Jeff> My opinion isn't official, but GCC doesn't seem to treat other targets
Jeff> that way. If there is a known cause of build failure, it may be
Jeff> preventable with an autoconf test, else it can be documented in a PR (so
Jeff> it isn't forgotten before release) and/or explained in host-specific
Jeff> installation notes, i.e.
Jeff> http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html#powerpc-*-darwin*
I agree, we should either check for dlfcn.h, or add a note to the
host-specific install instructions. We can always pull the note
later on, if the situation changes. The note can just say "you need
dlcompat". Andreas, could you write a patch for this?
Tom