Build-Breaking MingW 3.3 Stuff (was Published Sources & Scripts for MingW GCC 3.3 Build)

Thu Apr 17 16:37:00 GMT 2003

>> - apply Michael's trunk changes to 3.3
>> - define a dummy _Jv_select as per Michael
>> - just use my #ifdef in the above patch

Andrew> Tom, do you care which one of these happens?
For 3.3, not hugely. Initially we didn't apply the trunk changes to
3.3 as they are pretty large. Maybe they're less risky now.
>> 2. Patch: natSocketChannelImpl.cc use elements + explicit cast
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java-patches/2003-q1/msg00672.html

Andrew> Michael, is there a good reason not to apply this to 3.3?
I don't think we will support java.nio in 3.3. It isn't finished
enough. Nevertheless this is an obvious fix. It could go in.
>> Not having this prevents creating DLLs on Windows which
>> use the gcj runtime. Hans recently said that although the remedy
>> wasn't ideal, he was okay with this being checked in:
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2003-04/msg00068.html

Andrew> Tom? What do you think?
If Hans says it is ok, it is ok.
This is just part of the backlog I haven't dealt with.
Tom