Re: [head] Java bootstrap failure: natClip.cc:26: syntax error before`;'

["Zack Weinberg" <zackw at Stanford dot EDU>]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 01:09:03PM +1300, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
> > I can't speak for anyone else, but I personally have *never* been able
> > to build libjava.  The "size of " error is just the most
> > recent issue.  For instance, I still have the problem with the
> > libstdc++ -I switches disappearing, that was being discussed last week.
> 
> As far as I know, libjava no longer requires anything from libstdc++
> in its default configuration, so this should not occur (the bug is
> still there of course, but its been worked around). Are you saying
> that you still see it even with the current CVS?

I didn't know that this had been changed.  As it happens, if I back
out the patch causing the duplicate EH labels, I can now build
libjava.  I do get some 500 unexpected failures from its testsuite,
all with an odd error message in libjava.log:

Executing on host:
/home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/../libtool
  --silent --tag=GCJ --mode=compile
  /home/zack/b/gcc/gcc/gcj -B/home/zack/b/gcc/gcc/
  -B/home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/../
  -c -g
  -o /home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/G19990217_02.o
  /home/zack/gcc/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/G19990217_02.java
(timeout = 300)
mv: `G19990217_02.o' and
    `/home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/G19990217_02.o'
    are the same file 
compiler exited with status 1

Here's some sh -x libtool logs:

+ /home/zack/b/gcc/gcc/gcj -B/home/zack/b/gcc/gcc/ 
    -B/home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/../ 
    -c -g /home/zack/s/gcc/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile/G19990217_02.java
+ :
+ test yes = warn
+ test -n G19990217_02.o
+ test xG19990217_02.o != 
    x/home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/G19990217_02.o
+ : mv -f G19990217_02.o 
    /home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/G19990217_02.o
+ mv -f G19990217_02.o 
    /home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/G19990217_02.o
mv: `G19990217_02.o' and 
    `/home/zack/b/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libjava/testsuite/G19990217_02.o'
     are the same file

$ mv --version
mv (fileutils) 4.0.37
Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

(Why isn't libtool just giving gcj an -o switch?!)

zw