gcj build failure

[Bryce McKinlay]

Pedro wrote:

>/usr/gcc/source/libjava/gnu/java/security/provider/gnu.java:31: 
>Class `gnu.java.security.provider.Gnu' already defined 
>in /usr/gcc/source/libjava/gnu/java/security/provider/Gnu.java:3
>1.
>   public final class Gnu extends Provider
>                      ^
>/usr/gcc/source/libjava/gnu/java/security/provider/gnu.java:34: 
>confused by earl
>ier errors, bailing out
>make: *** [libgcj.jar] Error 1
>________________________________________________________________
>
>
>It seems strange for me, though I am a java beginner, that the 
>message refers two files: gnu.java and Gnu.java, and only one 
>exists in the source dir.: Gnu.java (the same name has the 
>class)
>

This is a known failure on case insensitive file systems. It is a gcj bug.

Bryce.