Re: AWT with static gcj

[Marco Trudel <mtrudel at gmx dot ch>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> > > > > > "Marco" == Marco Trudel <mtrudel@gmx.ch> writes:
>
> Marco> Ok, then one short time solution will be to do something with libltdl
> Marco> and the long term solution would be to fix that in GNU classpath/GCJ
> Marco> so that libgtkpeer.so will be built on --disable-shared?
> Marco> Is this a big thing? Shall I fill in a bugreport?
>
> I don't think we would change that.  If you ask for --disable-shared,
> I think the best thing to do is assume that you really meant it.

Well, actually I really mean it. But I would expect to either get a 
libgtkpeer.so or that the gtkpeer stuff will be pulled into the 
executable when using AWT.


> Marco> Isn't it possible to create the dynamic lib out of this static lib?
>
> Not on all platforms.
>
> The libltdl prelinking thing would probably work, I suggest giving it
> a try.  

As you might have guessed already, that would be - in my opinion - an 
unnecessary and ugly hack (no offense, thanks for the tip!). I hacked 
the Makefile and created my shared libgtkpeer.a this way.


Marco