Re: Porting gcj to i386-darwin

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Sandro" == Sandro Tolaini <tolaini@libero.it> writes:

>> For best results you will want to make sure that the code to turn
>> signals into exceptions works properly.  This is both OS- and
>> architecture dependent.  I haven't looked at the x86 darwin port,
>> perhaps some gcc hacking is required.

Sandro> How can I try this? Is there some test case I can use?

Yes, one of the test cases in the libjava test suite checks this.
Offhand I forget which one... but if you do a 'make check' and send
the list of FAILs we can help analyze them.  (This would be better
done on the gcj list, java@gcc.gnu.org.)

You can run just these tests by using 'make check' in the libjava
build tree.  You'll need dejagnu.

Sandro> Considering all of the above facts, how can I submit a patch, and how
Sandro> much likely it is to be accepted?

There's a bunch of info here:

    http://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html

The most important thing is dealing with the paperwork.

We can help walk you through submitting the patches... these should go
to java-patches@gcc.gnu.org.

I think your chances of getting your changes in is very good :-)
This port has come up a few times already; if you're set up to test
things then we're in great shape.

Tom