Failure to build gcc-3.4 20030909 Java sourcefiles: @libgcj.sourcelist: gcj: Internal error: Killed (program jc1)

Tue Sep 16 16:02:00 GMT 2003

Mohan Embar writes:
 > Hi Andrew,
 > 
 > > > > I'm not sure that we can require huge memory to build libgcj.
 > > > 
 > > > What if libgcj looks for --enable-intermodule, as gcc itself now does?
 > > > I'd take that to mean "I have lots of memory, so build in a way that gives
 > > > better optimizations and may build faster". Not unlike the current libgcj
 > > > situation.
 > >
 > >Sounds good. Trouble is, we are using this "compile everything at
 > >once" to get around a libtool (and/or shell) bug, aren't we?
 > 
 > No. This was purely a cool optimization which I thought would speed
 > build time and be harmless. (Ha!) The old way worked just fine, albeit
 > slower on systems which had enough memory.
Please either back out this patch or make it conditional on
--enable-intermodule.
Thanks,
Andrew.