gcj on OSF1 DUX V4.0B

[Andrew Haley]

Philip Goisman writes:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > 	I compiled and installed gnu java with the
 > following:
 > 
 > ../configure --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs \
 > --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,java --enable-libgcj --with-stabs
 > 
 > gcj --main=HelloWorld --encoding=UTF-8 -o HelloWorld HelloWorld.java -static
 > 
 > from which I get a lot of on-screen messages as follow:
 > 
 > /bin/ld:
 > /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alphaev5-dec-osf4.0b/3.0.3/../../../libgcj.a(natObject.o): _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType(java::lang::Object*, java::lang::Class*): weak symbol multiply defined
 > /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/alphaev5-dec-osf4.0b/3.0.3/../../../libgcj.a(jni.o): _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType(java::lang::Object*, java::lang::Class*): weak symbol multiply defined

 > 
 > 
 > and a very large HelloWorld (9838592 Feb 15 09:48 HelloWorld)
 > 
 > But, when I run it works?
 > 
 > ./HelloWorld
 > Hello World!
 > 
 > Please explain why it works versus the original suggested command,

Because the linker you're trying to use isn't much good.  If GNU
binutils are available on your platform I suggest you use those.

 > why the size is so large,

because you've statically linked with the entire libgcj.

 > and is there a way to fix it so the compiled code isn't as large (a
 > reasonable size for HelloWorld - ~30000) and the compile command
 > more inline with that suggested?

If GNU binutils works on your platform, try that and see how you get
on.

Andrew.