Re: Status of GCC 3.2 and java?

[Rupa Schomaker <rupa-list@rupa.com>]

Juergen Kreileder <jk@blackdown.de> writes:

>>> Will there be a version of the JDK that is built with GCC 3.2?
>
> We have released a gcc-3.2 based build a week ago.  It's not available
> as a .deb yet.

Aha, ok, cool. I can use mpkg-j2sdk to make a deb...

>> The relevant changes to gcc affect g++, the C++ compiler, and break
>> binary compatibility with earlier versions. This does not affect C
>> programs and libraries. The JDK does not use C++, so there's no
>> compatibility problem.
>
> Actually it uses C++ in some parts: Java Plug-In, HotSpot,
> libfontmanager.so.

Right, and the plugin is what I want.

>>> eg: You can't use the java plugin with Mozilla anymore because
>>> Mozilla is being built with 3.2.
>
> Only the mozilla-snapshot packages are built with gcc-3.2, the
> "normal" mozilla packages are still built with gcc-2.95.

Along with -snapshot.


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-rupa