On 07/07/2011 07:56 PM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 07/07/11 18:02, David Daney wrote:
>> On 07/07/2011 09:57 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>>> On 07/07/2011 06:51 PM, David Daney wrote:
>>>> On 07/07/2011 09:27 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>>>>> As discussed at the Google GCC gathering, disable the build of static libraries
>>>>> in libjava, which should cut the build time of libjava by 50%.  The static
>>>>> libjava build isn't useful out of the box, and I don't see it packaged by Linux
>>>>> distributions either.
>>>>>
>>>>> The AC_PROG_LIBTOOL check is needed to get access to the enable_shared macro.
>>>>> I'm unsure about the check in the switch construct. Taken from libtool.m4, and
>>>>> determining the value of enable_shared_with_static_runtimes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok for the trunk?
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011-07-07  Matthias Klose<doko@ubuntu.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>           * Makefile.def (target_modules/libjava): Pass
>>>>>           $(libjava_disable_static).
>>>>>           * configure.ac: Check for libtool, pass --disable-static
>>>>>           in libjava_disable_static.
>>>>>           * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
>>>>>           * configure: Likewise.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My autoconf fu is not what it used to be.  It is fine if static libraries are
>>>> disabled by default, but it should be possible to enable them from the configure
>>>> command line.  It is unclear to me if this patch does that.
>>>
>>> no. I assume an extra option --enable-static-libjava would be needed.
>>
>> Not being a libjava maintainer, I cannot force you to add something like 
>> that as part of the patch, but I think it would be a good idea.
> 
> I think so.

Here is the updated patch, including the --enable-static-libjava option

ok for the trunk?

  Matthias