GCJ and Threads

[Jonathan LaCour <gte079i@prism.gatech.edu>]

I am just starting out using GCJ and enjoying it very much, however I
have run into a problem with the release of GCJ that is in Debian
unstable.  When I attempt to use threads, the program will compile, but
fail with:

    libgcj failure: only thread already running

As I understand it, this means that GCJ was compiled without thread
support.  What is the reasoning for this?  Is there a way for me to
enable Thread support without recompiling GCJ?  Will Thread support be
in the pacakges in the near future?

Jonathan LaCour
Developer, VertiSoft