libjava configure question

Fri May 20 21:46:00 GMT 2005

Steve Ellcey wrote:
>I am looking at a problem where libjava is generating calls to finite().
>They are coming from libjava/java/lang/*.c files. This routine is not
>defined on HP-UX where I am trying to build libjava so I am looking at
>how to fix this. This was fixed in libgfortran with the patch:
>>http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/fortran/2004-11/msg00175.html
>>I was hoping to do something similar for libjava but I am confused as to
>how the libjava configure works. The top level configure.ac for libjava
>does not have many function checks in it. In the libjava/include
>directory I see a config.h.in file but I dont't see a configure.ac file
>that it was created from. Can somone enlighten me how the libjava
>configure works? Where should I put a check for finite() and what do
>I need to regenerate?
>>
autoheader will create libjava/include/config.h.in from 
libjava/configure.ac. So, libjava/configure.ac should be the correct 
place to put a new configure check.
Regards
Bryce