Re: libgcj/1246: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds

Re: libgcj/1246: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds

[tromey]

Synopsis: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: tromey
State-Changed-When: Sun Dec  2 22:02:08 2001
State-Changed-Why:
    I believe this was fixed a while ago.
    We now use a libffi convenience library, which is
    built regardless of whether --disable-static is specified.
    So, I'm closing the PR.
    If there is a problem we can reopen it.

http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&pr=1246&database=gcc

Re: libgcj/1246: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds

[tromey]

The following reply was made to PR libgcj/1246; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: tromey@gcc.gnu.org
To: bryce@albatross.co.nz, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org,
  gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, java-prs@gcc.gnu.org, tromey@gcc.gnu.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: libgcj/1246: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds
Date: 3 Dec 2001 06:02:09 -0000

 Synopsis: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds
 
 State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
 State-Changed-By: tromey
 State-Changed-When: Sun Dec  2 22:02:08 2001
 State-Changed-Why:
     I believe this was fixed a while ago.
     We now use a libffi convenience library, which is
     built regardless of whether --disable-static is specified.
     So, I'm closing the PR.
     If there is a problem we can reopen it.
 
 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&pr=1246&database=gcc

libgcj/1246: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds

[bryce]

>Number:         1246
>Category:       libgcj
>Synopsis:       link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    tromey
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 20 12:18:14 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Fri May  5 09:20:00 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Bryce McKinlay
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
linux
>Description:
libgcj build fails during linking of jv-convert with missing
symbol errors for libffi. 

The problem is related the following line in the makefile:

libffi_files = `$(AR) t ../libffi/.libs/libffi.a 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\.o/\.lo/g'
| sed 's/^/..\/libffi\//g'`

libffi.a does not exist in a "--disable-static" build.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Build libffi as a shared library?

Hack libffi's Makefile so that libffi.a is allways built?

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

Formerly PR libgcj/221


From: Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
To: bryce@albatross.co.nz
Cc: java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com, Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: libgcj/221: link failure with multilib and/or "--disable-static" builds
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 09:17:07 -0700 (PDT)

 Bryce> Build libffi as a shared library?
 Bryce> Hack libffi's Makefile so that libffi.a is allways built?
 
 We can solve this by building libffi as a convenience library.
 Then we let libtool do the hard work.
 
 But then we run up against the automake version problem.
 Grr.
 
 Tom
>Unformatted: