Re: libgcj-2.95 and Linux/sparc
[CC to some Debian places; anybody who has time to backport it?]
Tom Tromey writes:
> >>>>> "Matthias" == Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:
>
> Matthias> Now that libgc5 is merged in the HEAD brnach of libgcj, it
> Matthias> should build. But: Debian potato will ship with
> Matthias> gcc-2.95.2. What libgcj should be built with this compiler?
> Matthias> Can the boehm-gc from the libgcj-2_95-branch be replaced
> Matthias> with the boehm-gc from the head branch? Can the HEAD branch
> Matthias> be built with gcc-2.95.2?
>
> gcc-2.95.2 won't compile the CVS head of libgcj. You should use
> libgcj-2.95.2 (did we release that? I suddenly am not sure.) If you
> want to back-port sparc patches for Boehm GC, I'll check them in. I'm
> afraid I don't have time to look at this myself.
>
> Matthias> http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/48/48741.html
> Matthias> libgcj depends on a non-free package
>
> Matthias> This report suggests to work with minizip found in the zlib
> Matthias> package. Is it possible to replace the standard zip with
> Matthias> minizip?
>
> Probably. Can you give me a pointer to minizip?
It's in the zlib's contrib directory. The README points to
minizip/ by Gilles Vollant <info@winimage.com>
Mini zip and unzip based on zlib
See http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html
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