Re: [gcj-eclipse-merge-branch] MinGW ecj: Cross-built ecjx?!

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Adam Megacz writes:
 > 
 > Mohan Embar <gnustuff@thisiscool.com> writes:
 > > I'm suspecting that for cross builds, the only recourse is to
 > > have a working native gcj compiler to build ecjx, but I'm unclear
 > > about how the cross builds of other things like jc1 work as far
 > > as being built with a native compiler, but being able to generate
 > > object code for the target.
 > 
 > After applying the last four changes I've sent to java-patches you
 > should be able to build a {darwin,debian}->{mingw} cross compiler from
 > the gcj-eclipse-merge-branch branch.
 > 
 > The only problem left is gcj-dbtool, AFAICT.  If you clobber it with
 > "touch $(build)/i686-pc-mingw32/libjava/classmap.db" the rest of the
 > build should complete without errors.

We should not build the .db in the libgcj build, IMO.  It's a
pointless thing to do; all it means is that whan you do "make install"
you destroy whatever database is installed in your system.  I should
take out that line altogether.

Andrew.