scsijon, I don't think that the java compiler in gcc has anything to do with a jdk or openjava, or any java dev. kit or jre.
In other words, there is no problem with it not being in gcc. Regards, Barry On 6/1/17, scsijon <[email protected]> wrote: > > ok, > > I've been forced by various package circumstances to attempt to upgrade > my gcc to version 7.1.0! > > I've spent weeks trying to stick to gcc6 but problems kept circling > around and eventually I was told to give gcc7 a go. Not only has a lot > of problems that were ocurring dissapeared, but a lot of warning > messages have dissapeared! I've even been able to remove a lot of > workarounds I had put in to get gcc6 to behave and allow me to build so > i'm sticking to gcc7. A major step of gcc7 I was told was the number of > regressions that happened to fix (what were actually) unbroken code-bits. > > However gcc7 has had the GCC Java frontend and associated libjava > runtime library totally removed from within GCC. > > So what do I replace this with? BLFS talks about OpenJava > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/general/java.html and > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/general/openjdk.html > with > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/general/ojdk-conf.html > to configure it with. > > However I don't know enough about either it or setting it up within T2's > Packageset and I did wonder if a full JDK was needed or if a JRE was all > that was required? I was wondering if someone who uses or has some > knowledge could advise or assist me (and eventually T2) on this matter. > > thanks > scsijon > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [email protected] with a subject of: unsubscribe t2 > ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [email protected] with a subject of: unsubscribe t2
