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Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:19:17 +0300 (WET)
From:	Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject:	Re: prerelease of gcc-2.95
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote:
> 
> > I know nothing about chill.The compiler and runtime library builds 
> > for DJGPP without problem but I don't have any example to test 
> > and don't know whether we need it at all.
> >
> > About java support in gcc. There is no runtime library in egcs 
> > source archive. There is separate runtime library available from
> > sourceware.cygnus.com but as I understand it's in rather 
> > develoment stage. Should we build binary archives for java.
> 
> I think if the original Makefile installs the chill and java support
> when you say "make install" without having to invoke configure with
> special options, then the DJGPP binaries should include that as well.
> 
> The reasoning for this is that anything that's good enough for a
> typical Unix installation, is good enough for DJGPP.
> 

About chill:

There maybe still incompatibilities in level of runtime library. I haven't
tested it and as I said know nothing about this language. So it would be
nice if somebody would do some tests. Otherwise it will stay untested.

> It can be very frustrating for a user to hear that EGCS supports java,
> only to find out that the downloaded binaries left it out.  Building
> GCC is not for the faint of heart, as we all know, so the usual wavers
> (donwload-the-sources-and-build-them-yourself) don't apply here.
> 
> > I also haven't done any tests with it.
> 
> I think simply telling that you couldn't test it in the README is good
> enough to cover this.

One problem with java is that runtime support if in development stage
only and is incomplete. Of course I can try to download development
snapshot and try to build it or even better somebody who have experience
with java can try to to that and test it. I'll build the compiler
binaries. Anyway I think that place for java compiler could be
v2gnu/alphas as I'm afraid it will be not yet ready for ordinary user.

Andris

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