compilation problems with ecj.jar

Thu Jan 18 11:14:00 GMT 2007

Marco Trudel writes:
 > Tom Tromey wrote:
 > >>>>>> "Marco" == Marco Trudel <mtrudel@gmx.ch> writes:
 > > 
 > > Marco> Well, I still don't see why the host of ecj is the configured target
 > > Marco> instead of the configured host, but I guess I don't need to understand
 > > Marco> that.
 > > 
 > > The intent of the code is that the installed be compiled with the
 > > build-x-host compiler, since ecj1 must run on the host. That conforms
 > > pretty well to what I see in configure:
 > > 
 > > GCJ_FOR_ECJX="${with_cross_host}-gcj"
 > 
 > Yes, this is what I would expect. With my host=Linux, target=minGW and 
 > build=Linux, it evaluates to "i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj". But the ecj 
 > compilation is still somehow broken, the command is:
 > 
 > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj -o ecjx.exe -findirect-dispatch 
 > --main=org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain 
 > /usr/local/src/gcc/libjava/.././libjava/../ecj.jar
 > 
 > Either a wrong gcj is choosen or the output should be named "ecj" 
 > instead of "ecj.exe". Furthermore, the compilation fails:
 > 
 > make[3]: Entering directory 
 > `/home/Marco/Desktop/compile-lin-win/gcc-build/i686-pc-mingw32/libjava'
 > i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj -o ecjx.exe -findirect-dispatch 
 > --main=org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain 
 > /usr/local/src/gcc/libjava/.././libjava/../ecj.jar
Does i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcj work at all? Can you try it with a simple testcase?
Andrew.