Re: Separate csharpcomp.sh, and a license problem

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> > - automake's support uses only gcj, ignoring the "javac" and "jikes"
>> >   commands.
>>
>> Right.
>>
>> > - It completely ignores CLASSPATH issues.
>>
>> Which, automake or javacomp?
>
> I meant, automake.
>
>> I'd like to support javac and jikes.
>
> javacomp supports it.
>
>> Does javacomp support building *.jar files?
>
> You don't need javacomp for that. A simple
>
>        $(JAR) cf $@ foo*.class
>
> in the Makefile.am, coupled with a
>
>        AC_CHECK_PROG(JAR, jar, jar)
>
> in the configure.ac, does it.

Ok, this all sounds good.

I don't have time to experiment with this now, but if your C# work is
adopted for automake, I can test the java approach too, if that would
help getting that stuff into automake as well.  It seems that both
things should be in automake proper.

Thanks.