Re: status of gcj

Hi Johannes,

On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 17:06 -0500, Johannes Klarenbeek wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> i downloaded gcc-java-4.3.2.tar.bz2 but found neither a download_ecj
> script or a build readme file...

You need the full gcc-4.3.2.tar.bz2, the script is contrib/download_ecj.
The build readme is libjava/HACKING.

> > An often simpler alternative is to use a system that has a pre-built gcj
> > installed.

Also the prebuild class files are under libjava/classpath/lib so you
don't need to build with --enable-java-maintainer-mode if you don't want
to use ecj and/or modify/compile java source files.

Cheers,

Mark