On 15:39 Thu 26 May , Pekka Enberg wrote:
> This patch changes the glibj.zip packaging so that META-INF/INDEX.LIST is
> generated to the file. This is needed for VMClassLoader.getBootPackages() to
> work correctly:
>
> private static String[] getBootPackages()
> {
> URL indexList = getResource("META-INF/INDEX.LIST");
> if (indexList != null)
> {
>
> NOTE! This problem is only seen with Jato currently as it's the only VM I'm
> aware of that doesn't override any of the classes in vm/reference. CACAO and
> JamVM override the whole classloading parts themselves.
>
> I asked about this on IRC and Mark Wielaard explained background on the issue:
>
> < mjw> 2006-04-19 Olivier Jolly <olivier.jo...@pcedev.com>
> < mjw> * vm/reference/java/lang/VMClassLoader.java (getBootPackages):
> Loads
> < mjw> boot packages list from the META-INF/INDEX.LIST file if it exists.
> < mjw>
> http://developer.classpath.org/pipermail/classpath-patches/2006-April/001704.html
> < mjw> "the patch to support the -i option should be incorporated soon and
> we'll be able to add the creation of the index to the glibj.zip by default."
> < mjw> soon just happens the be > 5 years...
>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penb...@kernel.org>
> ---
> lib/Makefile.am | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
> index 8104ee7..50d1baa 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile.am
> +++ b/lib/Makefile.am
> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ glibj.zip:
> else
>
> if WITH_JAR
> -CREATE_GLIBJ_ZIP=$(JAR) cf glibj.zip gnu java javax org sun META-INF
> +CREATE_GLIBJ_ZIP=$(JAR) cf glibj.zip gnu java javax org sun META-INF &&
> $(JAR) i glibj.zip
> else
> CREATE_GLIBJ_ZIP=$(ZIP) -r -D glibj.zip gnu java javax org sun META-INF >
> /dev/null
> endif
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>
>
My only concern with the patch (as I think Mark also raised on IRC) is that it
means
the index is only generated if WITH_JAR is set and not if $(ZIP) is used.
Should we just drop the $(ZIP) option and require jar to be available? I
suspect
the reason we haven't done this is a bootstrapping issue. Does anyone have any
thoughts?
Thanks,
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