Get an idea of the gcj/libgcj status

Mon Oct 16 15:02:00 GMT 2000

Hi,
On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 11:16:51AM +1300, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
> Torsten RÃƒÂ¼ger wrote:
>> > Thanks agian. Now this is easier said than done. (Its'd difficult to get
> > a working set of compiler and gcc that just compiles)
>> [...]
> And it all built fine using:
>> ../configure --enable-languages=c++,java --enable-threads=posix
> --enable-shared --prefix=/usr/local/gcc --enable-libstdcxx-v3

I seem to have managed to get a working gcj and libgcj from the current
cvs HEADs with the following patch from Anthony Green:
< http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-10/msg00416.html >
But I was not able to bootstrap that compiler.
I thought that you always had to do a make bootstrap
but after that failed a couple of times I just tried make
and installed the resulting compiler. Which seems to work.
Is not being able to bootstrap the compiler normal for the
current gcc CVS?
> The "--enable-libstdcxx-v3" is now required to build libgcj, because
> otherwise you wont get a libsupc++.
> [...]
> You should just be able to delete the "-lsupc++" from libjava's Makefile if
> you want to build with an old (pre-October 9) compiler.
>Is this only for now or will this always be the case?
We should probably update the build-snapshot.html page.
And there should be an entry in the FAQ for the LANG=en_US.UTF-8
workaround (I got bitten by that one...)
I could update the pages if you want.
Cheers,
Mark