Re: [gui][patch] various fixes to scrolling

[Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay at redhat dot com>]

graydon hoare wrote:

> > however it would certainly be good to have something like this available
> > as an option. Something that exists already is "make JAVAC=jikes", which
> > will just use jikes instead of "gcj -C" to build the class files.
>
>
> I'm sorry to be the one to keep bringing this up, but my understanding 
> is that
> "make JAVAC=jikes" will fill my build directory with class files which 
> gcj
> native cannot use, due to some sort of magical attribute stuck on the 
> class
> files. 


Oh, yeah, you're right. Its probably best not to mix bytecode compilers 
with the old ABI anyway, as they could result in different type & vtable 
layouts.

>   - just run my own rule from outside of gcc's Makefiles
>     (this is what I am doing)


I would be in favour of adding a "make check-with-javac=jikes" or some 
such rule if you wanted to do that, or maybe a configure option.

Regards

Bryce