building a native compiler for Windows [was Re: libltdl vs System.loadLibrary]

[R. A. Rivas Diaz]

--- Frank Jacobs <forkjake@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Looking through the libgcj configure
> >> script, I find that USE_LTDL is not
> >> used if "--with-cross-host" is 
> >> specified - I had to specify it for
> >> the GCJ crossed-native build for some
> >> reason - don't exactly remember why.
> >> I'll try building it again without this
> >> and also try out JNI while I'm
> >> at it.
> 
> To expound on Rajit's comments, as he
> suggests, building a native compiler
> (i.e. not a cross-compiler) for Windows will
> allow JNI to work. I've run a simple JNI 
> test using a natively-built compiler on
> Windows and the JNI calls work. 
> 
> -Frank

Can you post how do you build a native compiler for Windows?
thanks,
rivas.


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