building gcj on OS X (also AWT)

Thu May 20 05:26:00 GMT 2004

On May 19, 2004, at 6:51 PM, Andi Vajda wrote:
>> Yes, this is possible, I've been doing this since last Fall with 
> PyLucene,
> a python integration of java lucene, using gcj and SWIG (on Linux, OS X
> and Windows).
>> http://cvs.osafoundation.org/index.cgi/internal/PyLucene

Sweet. :)
>> One thing to be careful about on OS X is *not* to mix the gccs. Apple
> ships their version gcc 3.3.x, not all Apple patches are in gcc 3.4 as 
> far
> as I know. Keeping the two gcc installations separate and gcc 3.4.0 off
> the PATH is essential.

Cool. I figure that if I ./configure with --prefix=/usr/local/gcj
and don't put /usr/local/gcj in my PATH, I should be fine.
> Other than that I've had no problems.
>> Andi..

Have you tried using any of the (I'm guessing partially completed)
GUI functionality in GCJ (AWT? Swing?) or did you go staight-away
to using SWIG from the beginning?
Thanks,
---J