On 16 March 2012 08:01, Me Myself and I wrote: > > Unfortunately, I can't get that far. > > gcc-core-4.6.2.tar > gcc-java-4.6.2.tar > gc6.8.tar > > are the files I have. Now, Ive been told that I have to compile gcc-core-4.6.2.tar and > have that running successfully first. This isn't working, due to an error message > which I learn from the email list is due to an error I must be making, which I am not, > and is therefore impossible. > > So I turn to my gcc-java file, which I try to use standalone without the core file. I find that it has 4 directories. > I have replaced, configured maked installed 2 of those directories with more up to date versions > of their programs, with no problems. These 2 are boehm-gc and libffi. You're not supposed to configure or make them yourself, it gets done as part of the top-level gcc configure process. > However, I find that in ...gcc/java/ there isn't a configure script at all to start from, > and that in .../libjava/ the configure script fails on the first line. You're not supposed to run it yourself, it gets done as part of the top-level gcc configure process. > Am I doing the wrong thing here? Yes. > Can gcc-java-4.6.2.tar be used to build my gcj, without the gcc-core-4.6.2.tar > > file? No.
