From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23120 invoked by alias); 28 Jun 2014 17:18:21 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 23089 invoked by uid 89); 28 Jun 2014 17:18:20 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: ainaz.pair.com Received: from ainaz.pair.com (HELO ainaz.pair.com) (209.68.2.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:18:18 +0000 Received: from [192.168.0.131] (vie-188-118-252-235.dsl.sil.at [188.118.252.235]) by ainaz.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6BFC73F412; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:18:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:18:00 -0000 From: Gerald Pfeifer To: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [wwwdocs,Java] Remove five obsolete entries from java/faq.html Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2014-q2/txt/msg00019.txt.bz2 REQUEST FOR HELP: It would be great if one of the Java experts could advise which further entries to remove or adjust. I volunteer to make the actual changes, if that helps. Now to this patch: Working on the web pages in general, I noticed a number of obsolete FAQ entries in our Java FAQ. Some of them are (better) covered in our general documentation, some of them refer to really old versions of GCC. For example, x86-64 is not included in the supported platforms mentioned, one entry talks about version before 3.0,... Applied. Gerald 2014-06-28 Gerald Pfeifer * faq.html: Remove five obsolete entries. Index: faq.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/java/faq.html,v retrieving revision 1.72 diff -u -r1.72 faq.html --- faq.html 28 Jun 2014 07:45:14 -0000 1.72 +++ faq.html 28 Jun 2014 17:09:44 -0000 @@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
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    3. Will gcj and libgcj work on my machine?
    4. How can I debug my Java program?
    5. Can I interface byte-compiled and native java code?
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    2. Where does GCJ look for files?
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    1.3 How can I contribute to libgcj?

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    1.6 How can I debug my Java program?

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    If you get errors at link time that refer to - 'undefined reference to `java::lang::Object type_info function', - verify that you have compiled any CNI C++ files with the - -fno-rtti option. This is only required for versions of GCJ earlier - than 3.0.

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