Andrew Overholt wrote: > * Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> [2009-02-02 07:45]: >> Andrew Overholt wrote: >>> Can anyone with CNI experience please help with this bug? I have heard >>> of lots of people using pdftk and it would be nice if it was available >>> in Fedora. >> Well, I understand CNI well enough but I can't understand what the problem >> is supposed to be. > > I'll try to explain it as I understand it: > > - pdftk is compiled by gcj using the C++ ABI, direct to native code > - iText is compiled to bytecode (and GCJ AOT .sos) > - pdftk used to bundle its own copy of iText; this isn't allowed by Fedora > - pdftk needs iText to provide a C++-style .so for linking OK, so all we need is a version of iText that is suitable for CNI. Is there any reason not to add a subpackage of iText which provides such a thing? Apart from the effort of doing it, I mean; I just wonder if there is any technical reason why not. Andrew. -- fedora-devel-java-list mailing list fedora-devel-java-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list
