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Re: status of gcj
- From: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>
- To: Johannes Klarenbeek <jklarenbeek at gmail dot com>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:22:25 +0200
- Subject: Re: status of gcj
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Hi Johannes,
On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 17:06 -0500, Johannes Klarenbeek wrote:
> > You need a working gcj to do it.
> >
> > The configuration and build instructions for GCC tell you how to build a
> > working gcj. If you read them you will see where it says to run the
> > contrib/download_ecj script to obtain the proper ecj.
>
> i downloaded gcc-java-4.3.2.tar.bz2 but found neither a download_ecj
> script or a build readme file...
You need the full gcc-4.3.2.tar.bz2, the script is contrib/download_ecj.
The build readme is libjava/HACKING.
> > An often simpler alternative is to use a system that has a pre-built gcj
> > installed.
Also the prebuild class files are under libjava/classpath/lib so you
don't need to build with --enable-java-maintainer-mode if you don't want
to use ecj and/or modify/compile java source files.
Cheers,
Mark