Re: Status of GNU Classpath

Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia via Java <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Feb 2023 17:16:30 +0100

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Hi Ricardo,

> > I can see that development halted around 2016 (from the commit logs of
> > the official git repo), but would like to know if someone else is
> > still using GNU Classpath.
>
> GNU Guix is using GNU Classpath in the bootstrap path from C to modern JDKs.

Thanks a lot for your answer.

I had a look at Guix and specifically this comment:
https://github.com/ecbrown/guix/blob/master/gnu/packages/java.scm#L92

I see you use GNU Classpath as a bootstrap toolchain in order to build
OpenJDK. In that process you need to build 0.93, then 0.99, then
finally the "development" version (basically 0.99 plus a few
additional commits).

I understand that the above already does the job, and that GNU
Classpath is not used in Guix anymore once OpenJDK is built. Is this
correct?

Thanks,

Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
[email protected]