Anton Rusanov wrote: > I saw that javac is ready now at > http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/roadmap.html#General but I cannot > find the javac.exe it in deploy/jdk/jre/bin.
There is a minor piece of work left in the launcher to support the tools being run from jdk/bin, namely to pick up the right tools.jar and supporting jars locations, and load the VM from jre/bin/*. This was left as low-hanging fruit for somebody with C programming skills who wants to get involved in Harmony, but if there are no takers... > I have also been referred to the thread > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-harmony-dev/200605.mbox/<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > > where Tim said how to make an executable of javac. That is the current state, with the steps to show it works before the final fixes. > Since that time we > have tools.jar being built in common build. But this seems strange for > me, that while the functionality of the tool is ready, everyone who > wants to use it has to copy tools.jar from one place to another and to > make the executable oneself. It won't stay that way. > Or maybe there is already a mechanism to build executables using a > special target? > If not, how do you think what should be better - build all tools' > executables together or to add an individual target for each tool? > Should the executables generation be added to the common build or it > is better to be done optionally? I suggest that all the tools are built together. The launcher is written to run different Java tools by copying the executable into the jdk/bin under different names. Regards Tim > What does the community think about this? > -- Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Java technology centre, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
