Re: j2sdk build-depends cannot be satisfied?
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 01:51:02PM +0100, Stefan Gybas wrote:
> 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?
A runtime is just the core classes. That is my definition anyway.
The java-virtual-machine is not a part of the "runtime".
> 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.
Don't you need the core classes (runtime env) to build the native package?
Regards,
// Ola
> Regards,
> Stefan Gybas
>
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