Re: compilation problems with ecj.jar

[Marco Trudel <mtrudel at gmx dot ch>]

Andrew Haley wrote:
> Marco Trudel writes:
>  > Tom Tromey wrote:
>  > >>>>>> "Marco" == Marco Trudel <mtrudel@gmx.ch> writes:
>  > > 
>  > > Marco> Well, I still don't see why the host of ecj is the configured target
>  > > Marco> instead of the configured host, but I guess I don't need to understand
>  > > Marco> that.
>  > > 
>  > > The intent of the code is that the installed be compiled with the
>  > > build-x-host compiler, since ecj1 must run on the host.  That conforms
>  > > pretty well to what I see in configure:
>  > > 
>  > >   GCJ_FOR_ECJX="${with_cross_host}-gcj"
>  > 
>  > Yes, this is what I would expect. With my host=Linux, target=minGW and 
>  > build=Linux, it evaluates to "i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj". But the ecj 
>  > compilation is still somehow broken, the command is:
>  > 
>  > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj -o ecjx.exe -findirect-dispatch 
>  > --main=org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain 
>  > /usr/local/src/gcc/libjava/.././libjava/../ecj.jar
>  > 
>  > Either a wrong gcj is choosen or the output should be named "ecj" 
>  > instead of "ecj.exe". Furthermore, the compilation fails:
>  > 
>  > make[3]: Entering directory 
>  > `/home/Marco/Desktop/compile-lin-win/gcc-build/i686-pc-mingw32/libjava'
>  > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj -o ecjx.exe -findirect-dispatch 
>  > --main=org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain 
>  > /usr/local/src/gcc/libjava/.././libjava/../ecj.jar
>
> Does i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj work at all?  Can you try it with a simple testcase?

Yes. It works and compiles .java and .class files...


Marco