Hi, On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 16:53 +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 03:55:24PM +0100, Marcus Better wrote: > > > I have now determined that it can build using itself as compiler > > > (If I make a preliminary version bootstrapped with binary sun javac). > > > > Then it would have to go in non-free unfortunately. Can the bootstrap > > compiler be built with gcj instead? > > Bootstraping is perfectly ok for compilers and such. Many of the > core packages in Debian can actually not be built without > special handling in the beginning, and in many cases later on when > binary formats are changed and so on. So that is not a problem.
There are some efforts to get Sun javac to build and run with the existing free stack. See the GNU Classpath wiki: http://developer.classpath.org/mediation/ClasspathCurrentTopics And Andrew Hughes blog: http://blog.fuseyism.com/?p=18 We are not completely there yet though. Cheers, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
