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Re: status of gcj

Johannes Klarenbeek wrote:
2008/9/17 David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com>: 

The current (as of 4.3) version no longer generates byte code, nor directly
compiles .java source files.  Instead we use ecj (Eclipse Compiler for Java)
to do the java->class compilation.  GCJ then compiles the class files
(bytecode) into native code.  This give us full java generics support.


so that means to compile a java file from source i need to download
the eclipse compiler for java as a seperate download..


You need a working gcj to do it.

The configuration and build instructions for GCC tell you how to build a working gcj. If you read them you will see where it says to run the contrib/download_ecj script to obtain the proper ecj.

An often simpler alternative is to use a system that has a pre-built gcj installed.

David Daney

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