Re: libjava configure question

[Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay at redhat dot com>]

Steve Ellcey wrote:

> I am looking at a problem where libjava is generating calls to finite().
> They are coming from libjava/java/lang/*.c files.  This routine is not
> defined on HP-UX where I am trying to build libjava so I am looking at
> how to fix this.  This was fixed in libgfortran with the patch:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2004-11/msg00175.html
>
> I was hoping to do something similar for libjava but I am confused as to
> how the libjava configure works.  The top level configure.ac for libjava
> does not have many function checks in it.  In the libjava/include
> directory I see a config.h.in file but I dont't see a configure.ac file
> that it was created from.  Can somone enlighten me how the libjava
> configure works?  Where should I put a check for finite() and what do
> I need to regenerate?
>  

autoheader will create libjava/include/config.h.in from 
libjava/configure.ac. So, libjava/configure.ac should be the correct 
place to put a new configure check.

Regards

Bryce