Re: [Mingw-users] Re: Building gcc-3.4.2-20040916-1 probjems and libjava dep problems

[Ranjit Mathew <rmathew at gmail dot com>]

Steve Pribyl wrote:
> Is it possible to build libjava natively?
> 
> The release notes imply that this can be done. Even the gcj -v implies this.

"native" here means that the compiler runs on
Windows and creates executables for Windows,
without needing Cygwin. In configury terms,
this implies that "host=target=mingw32".

The "build" can be anything else, including
Cygwin or Linux, depending on what's convenient
for you. See this page for more details on these
terms:

  http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Configure-Terms.html

In fact, I used to create a native GCJ for Windows
on Linux in a two-step process and the process was still
*far faster* and simpler than attempting to do everything
on Windows:

  http://ranjitmathew.hostingzero.com/phartz/gcj/bldgcj.html

That document is a bit dated, but most of it still remains
valid.

HTH,
Ranjit.


> Steve
> 
> Ranjit Mathew wrote:
>  > Steve Pribyl wrote:
>  >
>  >>The build is failing while building depenancies for libjava.  It looks like some
>  >>are deps build fine but others do not.
>  >>
>  >>Has anyone seen this before?  What am I missing?
>  >
>  >
>  > [...]
>  >
>  >
>  >>Administrator@SBUILDER /h/vmware/mingw/source/mingw-obj
>  >>$ uname -a
>  >>MINGW32_NT-5.0 SBUILDER 1.0.10(0.46/3/2) 2004-03-15 07:17 i686 unknown
>  >
>  >
>  > You're using MSYS which is known to have problems
>  > with building libjava.
>  >
>  > Try using a recent Cygwin (be sure to specify host and
>  > target to be mingw32 or i686-pc-mingw32). The best
>  > option would be to use Linux.
>  >
>  > Ranjit.
>  >
> 
> 
> Luke Dunstan wrote:
> 
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Steve Pribyl" <steve@netfuel.com>
>>To: "Steve Pribyl" <steve@netfuel.com>
>>Cc: <mingw-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>>Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:04 AM
>>Subject: [Mingw-users] Re: Building gcc-3.4.2-20040916-1 probjems
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>I did not get any responces on this.
>>>
>>>Did I not ask a valid question.  Is there more information I need to
>>
>>provide.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>More likely it is because nobody knows the solution. Since it seems to be
>>specific to Java, you might have more luck asking on one of the GCC mailing
>>lists.
>>
>>Luke
>>
>>


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