Re: Should Automake still support Java?

2017-10-30 Thread NightStrike
On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Mathieu Lirzin wrote: > Hello, > >Currently Automake supports two ways of compiling Java code. One is > with the 'javac' compiler which is deprecated on the Automake side, and > the other (the recommanded one) which uses GCJ. Relying on GCJ

Re: Should Automake still support Java?

2017-10-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Bob Friesenhahn writes: > I do not see the point in supporting compiled Java in Automake. The > whole point of Java was that it can run in a VM. GNU support for > compiled Java seems to have faltered. Although much useful work was > done, people just did not

Re: Should Automake still support Java?

2017-10-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
I do not see the point in supporting compiled Java in Automake. The whole point of Java was that it can run in a VM. GNU support for compiled Java seems to have faltered. Although much useful work was done, people just did not start using compiled Java. The free software world seems to

Should Automake still support Java?

2017-10-30 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello, Currently Automake supports two ways of compiling Java code. One is with the 'javac' compiler which is deprecated on the Automake side, and the other (the recommanded one) which uses GCJ. Relying on GCJ feels outdated since GCJ has been removed from GCC since version 7 and is not

bug#28838: Authoritative answer about licensing and copyright of provided scripts and templates

2017-10-30 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello, Nick Bowler writes: > On 2017-10-14, Joël Krähemann wrote: >> I need some authoritative answer about copyright notices to be used >> for scripts and templates. The files generated by autoscan, autoconf, >> automake or alike. >> >> I need this

bug#28967: How can I resolve this

2017-10-30 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello, Sostom M N writes: > I am trying to run autoreconf , and this is what i get: > /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of > AM_PATH_LOG4C > /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7: run info Automake 'Extending aclocal' > /usr/share/aclocal/log4c.m4:7:

Re: Like config.h.in but in Ada

2017-10-30 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Victor Porton writes: > I want to create file config.ads similar to config.h but with Ada > syntax instead of C. > > I created config.ads.in, added it to configure.ac and got: > > package Boiler.Config is >Data_Dir: constant String := "${prefix}/share"; > end Boiler.Config;

Like config.h.in but in Ada

2017-10-30 Thread Victor Porton
I want to create file config.ads similar to config.h but with Ada syntax instead of C. I created config.ads.in, added it to configure.ac and got: package Boiler.Config is Data_Dir: constant String := "${prefix}/share"; end Boiler.Config; from package Boiler.Config is Data_Dir: constant

Re: Dealing with uninstalled data

2017-10-30 Thread Mathieu Lirzin
Hello, Victor Porton writes: > What is the best way to debug a program which uses some data files, > while the program is not yet installed? > > For example I have data/classes.ttl to be installed into > /usr/local/share/boiler/classes.ttl > > How can I make my program to use

Dealing with uninstalled data

2017-10-30 Thread Victor Porton
What is the best way to debug a program which uses some data files, while the program is not yet installed? For example I have data/classes.ttl to be installed into /usr/local/share/boiler/classes.ttl How can I make my program to use this classes.ttl while it is not yet installed? Maybe, I