Bug 4918

Summary:	Use of MainClass attribute when compiling a jar file
Product:	gcc	Reporter:	daniel.bonniot
Component:	java	Assignee:	Not yet assigned to anyone <unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	gcc-bugs, java-prs
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.0.2
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
Build:		Known to work:
Known to fail:		Last reconfirmed:	2005-09-30 05:24:31

Description daniel.bonniot 2001-11-21 05:06:01 UTC

When gcj is invoked on a Jar archive without a
--main= argument, it would make sense to try to get 
the main class from the archive's manifest's Main-Class 
attribute. 
If this info is here, it is most probably right.
This would save typing and errors with mispelling the class
name.

Release:
3.0.2

Comment 1 Dara Hazeghi 2003-05-27 05:01:32 UTC

Hello,

I can confirm that gcc 3.3 branch and mainline still don't DTRT. Rather a pity...

Dara

Comment 2 Andrew Pinski 2003-05-27 14:36:26 UTC

See Dara's comment, this would be a very nice thing to have.

Comment 3 Andrew Pinski 2016-09-30 22:51:41 UTC

Closing as won't fix as the Java front-end has been removed from the trunk.