java/3248: problem with java option -femit-class-files

[Haj dot Ten dot Brugge at net dot HCC dot nl]

>Number:         3248
>Category:       java
>Synopsis:       problem with java option -femit-class-files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 19 00:26:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Haj.Ten.Brugge@net.HCC.nl
>Release:        3.0, 3.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
i386 / sparc
>Description:
I found a problem with java compiler option '-femit-class-files'.
If the code below (fail.java) is compiled with this option a SEGV occurs:

public class fail { static String[] error = { "error" }; }


The ananlyses from Jeff Sturm is:

Thanks for the report.  The quick explanation is that -femit-class-files
isn't intended to be used that way.  If you want a .class file, compile
with "gcj -C".  (The -C flag causes the language driver to pass both
-femit-class-files and -fsyntax-only to jc1.)

However, a SIGSEGV isn't the best way to handle this.  The gcj compiler
should complain about unsupported options.
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