Re: Status of GCC 3.2 and java?
Michael Schuerig <schuerig@acm.org> writes:
> Rupa Schomaker wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> Now that the transition is on-going in unstable, it would be nice
>> to be able to get the JDK in sync with the rest.
>
> 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.
>> 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.
Juergen
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Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/
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