Build-Breaking MingW 3.3 Stuff

[Andrew Haley]

Mohan Embar writes:
 > Hi Andrew,
 > 
 > >Very good.  I take it the patch we need is
 > >http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2003-q1/msg00672.html
 > 
 > That is correct.
 > 
 > >I can't help thinking that life would be much nicer if java.nio and
 > >java.net had an OS abstraction layer that both used.  That way, fixing
 > >problems like this wouldn't touch common code.
 > 
 > This approach was discussed at length, but in the end,
 > Adam Megacz decided against it and instead
 > recommended forking the Win32 net code and Posix code
 > completely:
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2003-01/msg00093.html

Sounds like that's exactly what I'm suggesting.

 > Michael has forked the Win32 and Posix code at the trunk:
 > 
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2003-q1/msg00800.html

That patch doesn't seem to touch java.nio, which is where the problem
we're discussing lies.

Andrew.