Re: [GNU Crypto] Native BC build

[Casey Marshall]

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Raif S. Naffah wrote:
> On Sunday 17 November 2002 09:57, Casey Marshall wrote:
>
>>I've put together a repackaged version of the BouncyCastle JCE
>>library, with the supporting files necessary for building this as a
>>shared relocatable library, which can then be used to build all of
>>GNU Crypto with GCJ.
>>
>>It should be as simple as `./configure; make; make install':
>>
>>   http://metastatic.org/src/jce-1.15.tar.gz
>>
>>The attached patch modifies gcj/configure.in and
>>gcj/source/Makefile.am to optionally build the JCE adapter classes
>>when the configure option --with-jce-jar. I didn't check this in yet
>>since I'd like someone else to

That should have ended with "make sure it actually works". I'm not lazy,
just paranoid.

>
> i tested gnu-crypto with the above JCE implementation and all works
> fine!
>
> i checked in the patch.  for the time being:
>
> a. you need to run ./admin.sh conf (or the auto* trilogy), in the gcj/
> directory, and
> b. add $(path-to-installed-jce-lib) to your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH before
> making the shared reloadable gnu-crypto.
>

Good. The `gcj/INSTALL' file should also have a blurb about how to build
the JCE stuff if desired, similar to the part about building the JUnit
tests.

>>I'm also still of the opinion that the CVS sources should not contain
>>Makefile.in's or configure's. These are fine for releases, but I
>>think if someone is hacker enough to check out CVS, they should be
>>able to figure out the extra steps.
>
> yes i agree with you.  how about only generating and bundling them in
> the deliverables when we make a distribution?
>

Yes, releases should build in the expected way (./configure; make; make
install); CVS (and pre-releases in general) is usually the "we're still
working on this" part.

>
> thanks for taking the time to put together the BC code :-)
>

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Casey Marshall < address@hidden > http://metastatic.org/
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