IA64 Java build problem

Thu Aug 9 17:29:00 GMT 2007

Steve Ellcey wrote:
>> Steve> classpath/tools/tools.zip:0: fatal error: not a valid Java .class file
>>>> Offhand this doesn't look familiar.
>>>> Steve> Has anyone seen this problem or know what could be causing it?
>>>> Is classpath/tools/tools.zip a real zip file? If so do its contents
>> look sane? A broken .zip is the first thing that comes to mind...
>>>> Tom
>> I wonder if this is as simple as me not having unzip? I have gunzip and
> bunzip2, but I think I need plain unzip as well, don't I? In the
> libjava config.log I see:
>> configure:4329: checking for unzip
> configure:4360: result: unzip
>> But I don't actually see an unzip anywhere on my Linux machine so I am
> not sure how configure found one.

It is required. See:
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html
David Daney.