Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?

[Stefan Gybas <gybas@trustsec.de>]

Ola Lundqvist wrote:

>  "Java libraries must depend on the needed runtime environment (java1-runtime and/or java2-runtime) but should not depend (only suggest) java-virtual-machine."

Does a "runtime" include a virtual machine or just the core classes? The 
list of virtual packages does not state this:

java-compiler           Any java compiler, for Java version 1
java2-compiler,         Any java compiler, for Java version 2
java-virtual-machine    Any JAVA virtual machine
java1-runtime           Any Java runtime environment, Java version 1
java2-runtime.          Any Java runtime environment, Java version 2

IMHO Java libraries should not have any dependencies on either a runtime 
or a virtual machine. The reason is simple: Let's say I have a Java 
library package in main (so it can be built with jikes or gcj) that 
build depends on another Java library package (of course also in main).

Why should I have to install a runtime environment or a virtual machine 
to build the package? Installing jikes | gcj-3.2, classpath | libgcj3 
and the required other library package is sufficient (if something like 
Ant is not used at). The classpath and libgcj3 packages contain the core 
classes but do not provide any virtual package.

Regards,
Stefan Gybas