status of gcj

Wed Sep 17 17:43:00 GMT 2008

Johannes Klarenbeek wrote:
> 2008年9月17日 David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com>:
>>>> The current (as of 4.3) version no longer generates byte code, nor directly
>> compiles .java source files. Instead we use ecj (Eclipse Compiler for Java)
>> to do the java->class compilation. GCJ then compiles the class files
>> (bytecode) into native code. This give us full java generics support.
>> so that means to compile a java file from source i need to download
> the eclipse compiler for java as a seperate download..
>
You need a working gcj to do it.
The configuration and build instructions for GCC tell you how to build a 
working gcj. If you read them you will see where it says to run the 
contrib/download_ecj script to obtain the proper ecj.
An often simpler alternative is to use a system that has a pre-built gcj 
installed.
David Daney