Re: #244215: gettext: /usr/bin/msginit reports java error (fwd)

[Bruno Haible]

Santiago Vila wrote:
> I plan to create the Debian gettext
> package using this call to the configure script:
>
> JAVAC=jikes-classpath ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-csharp

Looks good, yes. (Except for the --disable-csharp: do you have problems
with pnet?)

> By "if gcj is present, gettext will install an executable which does
> not need a jar", do you mean that I should better keep gcj as a
> build-dependency even if I already have jikes-classpath?

That depends how you wish to have the runtime dependencies. If you have
gcj in the PATH during the build, the package will need /usr/lib/libgcj.so.3
at runtime. If you don't have gcj in the PATH during the build, the package
will need a JVM at runtime (e.g. gij + /usr/share/java/libgcj-3.4.3.jar).

> Will jikes-classpath be enough to generate the .jar's?

I hope so, yes.

> Will they be correct for all architectures?

Yes. jars are architecture independent.

> In case I need it, what would be the most simple way to check that the
> created .jar's are ok? [ I would like not to repeat the mistake of
> providing a .jar which does not work ].

You can check the libintl.jar by configuring and running the installed
examples/hello-java/ sample.

If a gettext.jar is generated, you can check it by looking at the testsuite
result of gettext-tools/tests/msgunfmt-java-1.

Bruno