On 19/03/2008, Trevor Harmon <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mar 18, 2008, at 12:51 PM, Andreas Tobler wrote: > > > You need an ecj.tar > > > What version of ecj do I need for the latest classpath? Is 3.1.2 good > enough? 3.2 works for definite. I seem to recall 3.1.2 working but don't quote me on that. Give it a try, and let us know if it doesn't. > > > and a working jamvm. > > Okay this is something that has confused me. classpath seems to have a > dependency on jamvm, but jamvm seems to have a dependency on > classpath. How is this not circular? > It is circular. Such is life with Java (OpenJDK also needs a JDK to compile FWIW). To bootstrap, you can use gcj/gij to run ecj. Many distros (e.g. debian) ship with a native version of ecj that runs using gcj. > > Trevor > > -- Andrew :-) Document Freedom Day - March 26th http://documentfreedom.org Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: 94EFD9D8 (http://subkeys.pgp.net) Fingerprint: F8EF F1EA 401E 2E60 15FA 7927 142C 2591 94EF D9D8
