Problem compiling DLL

Tue Sep 4 17:38:00 GMT 2007

Andrew Haley wrote:
> Marco Trudel writes:
> > Gabriel Bianco wrote:
> > > 
> > >> I don't think compiling to .dll works with gcj.
> > >> Search through the archives a bit, I think this has been discussed a
> > >> few times in the past.
> > >>
> > >> Tom
> > >> 
> > > I am able to compile to DLL with older builds of gcj.
> > > 
> > > Marco's JavaNativeCompiler 0.7 has a gcj 4.1.1 build that works:
> > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=169793&package_id=193667 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Mohan's 4.02 build works too:
> > > http://www.thisiscool.com/gcc_mingw.htm
> > 
> > Yeah, this is broken in newer versions. Someone - sorry I even
> > forgot the name - had (a year, half a year ago?) a ready patch that
> > adds DWARF exception handling, your requested DLL support and
> > building GCJ as DLL to mingw. As far as I know, he posted the patch
> > to the gcc-patches list and didn't really get a reaction. Therefore
> > the patch... well... went forgotten? It's really a shame...
>> I thought that patch was broken. I can't remember the exact details,
> but my understanding was that it was incompatible with something else.

Never heard anything like that. Latest thing I remember is that you 
didn't know that dwarf support for mingw was already implemented :-)
But of course you might be right, I don't know all details. I only know 
that we lost a valuable patch for mingw...
Marco