On Tue, 29 May 2007, Krys Wilken wrote:
I just blindly did what the INSTALL file said. So I got my gcj (and gcc, etc)
from:
http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/gcc-java-3.4.2-20040916-1.tar.gz
I am happy to try your 3.4.6 build as soon as I get a chance.
Sure, no need to but if you do it, it's better since the gcj is newer.
I remember that 3.4.2 is the earliest rev that anyone should use. Newer 3.4.x
are better. Newer 4.x are iffy. Older 3.4.x have problems.
Maybe an update to INSTALL is in order. I have already noticed references to
3.4.6 in the Makefile, so it's kind of like getting conflicting information.
Just a thought.
Yes, that'd be good. This whole compiler business is rather hairy,
inconsistent across platforms and a pain to maintain.
As for a 4.x. I have not probs trying it, but I am certainly not qualified to
debug it and make it sane, as you say. My Java and C and compiling in general
are very rusty. They were all killed by a Python. ;D (Well, no... actually
they were killed by my agreeing to take a job maintaining other people's
brain dead VB code. I've probably gotten stupider because of it.) :(
No worries. Compiling gcj for Windows is really for the masochist. No point in
trying it unless you have a special interest in doing it. I'd love for someone
to volunteer as my pain threshhold is kind of low in the building-gcj area
these days. GCJ on Windows isn't exactly actively maintained either.
Building gcj on Windows requires tracking down the correct build information,
the correct people with that info, having a Linux box to cross-compile it on,
having the time to watch gcj build, over and over as you make simple stupid
mistakes in the many steps required to cross-compile it, and then finally
debug it with no debugger.
Anyway, since the gcj version info is important, I will add it to the file
name and README_FISRT.txt file I added. I'll let you know when it's done.
You might want to hold off on the link until it's done.
Great, let me know when you're ready.
Andi..
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