java on cygwin?

Wed Mar 21 18:50:00 GMT 2001

"Billinghurst, David (CRTS)" wrote:
> I was wondering about java on cygwin. jc1et al with the gcc mainline cvs,
> but won't configure or build libgcj since libffi won't configure.
>> I see that Jon Beniston produced some patches to port libffi to win32 in
> January, see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2001-01/msg00141.html . What is
> happening with them?

Nothing at the moment. AFAIK, none of the libgcj developers do cygwin builds
on a regular basis, so its difficult for us to test patches like that. If you
try it and it works for you, please let me know and I'll check it in.
> If they work, are there any major barriers to building libgcj?

Not that I am aware of. libgcj has definatly worked on cygwin in the past, so
it shouldn't be difficult to fix. libgcj has also been built on "native"
(no-cygwin) win32 in the past, but that configuration is buggy/incomplete and
probibly doesn't work out-of-the-box right now.
regards
 [ bryce ]