Get an idea of the gcj/libgcj status

Mon Oct 16 15:55:00 GMT 2000

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> 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 >

I've checked that patch in - its a trivial fix and gcj is completely broken
without it.
> 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?

Not normal, but not uncommon. I don't usually make bootstrap, but I did notice
yesterday that the compiler was unable to build itself. Using the RH7 compiler I
got a gcj that seems to work fine.
> > 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?

libstdc++-v3 is scheduled to become the default soon, so it wont be an issue.
> 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.

Sure - although I'm hoping that these iconv problems will be sorted out soon.
regards
 [ bryce ]