compilation problems with ecj.jar

Mon Jan 15 14:09:00 GMT 2007

Marco Trudel writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > > Marco Trudel writes:
 > > 
 > > > I get this error while compiling the current GCJ trunk:
 > > > 
 > > > org/eclipse/jdt/core/compiler/CharOperation.java: In class 
 > > > 'org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.CharOperation':
 > > > org/eclipse/jdt/core/compiler/CharOperation.java: In method 
 > > > 'org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.CharOperation.<clinit>()':
 > > > org/eclipse/jdt/core/compiler/CharOperation.java:0: internal compiler 
 > > > error: Segmentation fault
 > > > 
 > > > This is a class from the ecj.jar I downloaded. Is that ecj.jar work in 
 > > > progress? Should I update it frequently? Does it work for others?
 > > > 
 > > > I configure with:
 > > > configure --prefix=/home/Marco/Desktop/compile-lin-lin/gcc-XYZXYZ-lin 
 > > > --build=`/usr/local/src/gcc/config.guess` --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu 
 > > > --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,java --enable-libgcj 
 > > > --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --disable-nls --disable-debug 
 > > > --disable-shared --disable-checking --enable-threads=posix 
 > > > --disable-win32-registry 
 > > > --with-gmp=/home/Marco/Desktop/compile-lin-lin/gmp-out 
 > > > --with-mpfr=/home/Marco/Desktop/compile-lin-lin/mpfr-out
 > > 
 > > Please tell us exactly what command is being executed when you get
 > > this error.
 > 
 > Sorry, I intended to minimize the output but of course I cut too much 
 > away. Here you go with the whole one:
Something to do with --disable-shared, I suspect. The build is
statically compiling ecj1; dynamic builds don't do that, interpreting
instead.
Nevertheless, this command does work for me, producing ecjx. It needs
a lot of memory to compile, though. Perhaps you're running out of
memory.
Andrew.