libgcj

Sun Jun 10 05:10:00 GMT 2001

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Tromey" <tromey@redhat.com>
To: "Mohammad O'mara" <momara@iti-idsc.gov.eg>
Cc: <java@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: libgcj
> >>>>> "Mohammad" == Mohammad O'mara <momara@iti-idsc.gov.eg> writes:
>> >> * This isn't the full error message. This is just what `make'
> >> prints. It isn't useful for determining the problem.
>> Mohammad> would you please direct me to how I can find the full
> Mohammad> description of the error ?
>> It would come just before the `make' output in the build log.
> If you didn't save a build log then you can re-run make and save one,
> e.g.: `make 2>&1 | tee Log'
>> >> * I'd be very suprised if a build in a directory with a space in its
> >> name works.
>> Mohammad> why ?!
>> Spaces in file (and by extension directory) names don't work very well
> with `make'. I advise avoiding spaces and any other `weird' character
> (especially `$' and `:') too. There's no particularly good reason for
> this -- `make' simply sucks. Nevertheless, for now, we're stuck with
> it.
>> Mohammad> I have the flexibility of installing another OS like Linux
> Mohammad> for example , so what will be the case if i'm having Linux ?
> Mohammad> does libgcj work on Linux ? and would it be directly built ?
>> Yes. Currently gcj works well on Linux (x86, IA-64, Alpha, and PPC)
> and also Solaris (Sparc -- I've never tried x86 Solaris).

I already changed my OS to be linux and tried to install the gcc-2.95 on it
, at the same time I avoided the spaces as you told me. Actually the
configuration went good , but when making I had errors again ... they are
not identical
to those errors appeard in the past when dealing with windows of course ,
but I can still say similar if i'm not mistaken .. I attached the result of
the "make" process in a file called out1.txt , and I appreciate if anyone
wants
to give help on such problem to have a look at this file .. a glance on the
end of the file shows the error .. actually
i still don't know how to interpret such errors .. for that I want you to
share me if possible.
>These systems are our target systems for gcj 3.0. In the future we'd like
> to add more, but of course that depends on developer time and
> interest. There's some hope that 3.1 could include a Windows port
> (assuming Tony is listening :-), but it is too early to be certain.

after I saw the error , I tried to see what will I have if i used the
command ( gcj ) , maybe I can report it too in
the same mail in which i'm reporting the make errors. It gave me no such
file or directory for ( libgcj.spec ) .
I know that this might look a normal conclusion , but i'm not experienced to
decide that , so I prefered to report it.
>> Tom

Thanks for all your efforts and help
M.O.