Eric Smith <eric225...@gmail.com> wrote on 11/11/2010 04:10:54 PM: > Hi, > > When I try to build Xerces-J with gcj as my jdk, it fails with > > compile: > [copy] Copying 23 files to > /var/tmp/paludis/build/dev-java-Xerces-J-2.10.0/work/xerces-2_10_0/ > build/classes > [xjavac] Compiling 704 source files to > /var/tmp/paludis/build/dev-java-Xerces-J-2.10.0/work/xerces-2_10_0/ > build/classes > [xjavac] Compliance level '1.5' is incompatible with source level '1.6'. A > compliance level '1.6' or better is required > > The problem is that Xerces-J is setting the source level with ant's > built-in ant.java.version, which is set incorrectly for gcj. I filed > a bug with ant at > https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50256 > but they said that Xerces-J shouldn't be using ant.java.version to > set the source level anyway, so is this a bug with Xerces-J?
No. This was intentional so that class files are generated at the same level as the JDK used to compile Xerces. The source level cannot be lower than the target. > Thanks, > Eric > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: j-users-unsubscr...@xerces.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: j-users-h...@xerces.apache.org Thanks. Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: mrgla...@ca.ibm.com E-mail: mrgla...@apache.org
