------- Comment #5 from ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de 2006-06-08 20:23 ------- Subject: Re: [4.2 Regression] libjava fails to build if it isn't built by default
ayers at gcc dot gnu dot org writes: > I followed the advice given here: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-05/msg00886.html As this PR demonstrates, this advice was wrong wrt. to adding boehm-gc to noconfigdirs, as this will break any configuration where libjava just isn't built by default. > I believe "noconfigdir" is supposed to mean "not supported" so in this case > the > correct "patch" would be to remove tartget-boehm-gc if in fact it is supported > by the platform, as we will later remove it again if it wasn't requested by > libobjc and not needed by java. > > If I get a get a list of targets for which I should re-enable target-boehm-gc > (and possibly pre approval) I can certainly come up with a patch (it's just a > matter of removing target-boehm-gc from the appropriate noconfigdir entry). I fear this is the wrong way round: it shouldn't be necessary to unbreak the affected targets one by one, but boehm-gc should only be included in noconfigdirs if it is known not to work (which is what noconfigdirs is for). Rainer -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27963