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Re: More Tru64 errors
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>
- Cc: Java GCC <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:06:13 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: More Tru64 errors
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
> >Some time ago I'd suggested the patch below for 3.0. It would help
> >prevent these confusing bug reports when a threaded gc isn't available.
>
> Unfortunatly it would cause the build to break on such targets, which
> for 3.0 is arguably worse that building a broken java library.
Good point. I would agree in this case if libgcj were built by default.
(It's not.) Presumably, one who forces --enable-libgcj is prepared for a
failed bootstrap.
> Maybe it should just define GC_LINUX_THREADS (which should really be
> renamed GC_POSIX_THREADS) and hope that it works?
That might be a good strategy for the trunk.
Jeff