Re: status of gcj
David Daney <[email protected]>
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Johannes Klarenbeek wrote: > 2008/9/17 David Daney <[email protected]>: >> >> 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