Marco Trudel writes:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
> > Marco Trudel writes:
> > > Marco Trudel wrote:
> > > > Andrew Haley wrote:
> > > >> Marco Trudel writes:
> > > >> > Andrew Haley wrote:
> > > >> > > Marco Trudel writes:
> > > >> > > > Andrew Haley wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > [snip]
> > > >> > > > > > > Without use_libgcj_bc set to "yes" you should get the
> > > >> simple *lib line
> > > >> > > > > above. There should be no references to -lgcj_bc.
> > > >> > > > > > > What about the the host=Linux target=Linux compiler?
> > > >> -findirect-dispatch > > > doesn't work either.
> > > >> > > > > Eh? Works for me and everyone else using it.
> > > >> > > It seems we talked about different setups all along. So let me
> > > >> start > from scratch again, simplify it and combine it with the
> > > >> progress you > already archived:
> > > >> > > I use a static gcj rev 122749, host=Linux, target=Linux.
> > > >>
> > > >> Configured with --disable-shared? On Linux?
> > > >
> > > > Yes.
> > > >
> > > >> Surely not; that makes no sense at all.
> > > >
> > > > For the sake of consistency, it does. At least in my case ;-)
> >
> > You're configuring in a way that makes a broken compiler.
> >
> > Your gun, your bullet, your foot.
> >
> > It is arguable that we should change the libgcj.spec rule so that when
> > compiling with indirect dispatch in this broken case we should not
> > error. But indirect dispatch can't work properly with
> > --disable-shared anyway, as I've already explained.
>
> When someone knows what he's doing, indirect dispatch can be helpful.
No argument there.
> Even with a static GCJ build. It worked with 4.2 and in 4.3 it still
> works for target=Mingw. So it would be nice if it would work for
> target=Linux by default too.
> BTW: ecj.jar is compiled with -findirect-dispatch. This implies that a
> shared GCJ is picked for the compilation. Might fail...
>
> > For the Windows case, we need to know why the configury test isn't
> > working before going any further. Then, we can change it so that
> > anyone who misconfigures a Linux compiler with --disable-shared gets
> > the same rule in libgcj.spec.
>
> Forget about all the Windows things. Somewhen along the road I may have
> been imprecise or you didn't read my description correctly. There's no
> issue with Windows. Let's concentrate on the host=Linux target=Linux
> compiler.
Like I said, if you're [mis]configuring libgcj in this way, you need
to set use_libgcj_bc=no in configure.host. That's it.