Hi, On 3/19/08, Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Also, most distros should ship with old versions of Classpath and a VM > so you should be able to use that to run ecj (it doesn't require 1.5 > features, which is where the problem comes in). Likewise, you can > build pre-0.95 versions of Classpath with a native compiler like > Jikes. Unfortunately, no non-Java compilers managed to jump the fence > to 1.5 :( Yes, any pre-0.95 version of Classpath should be OK to bootstrap a later version of Classpath using ecj. JamVM 1.5.1 is compatible with 0.92 and 0.93 which can be used for this purpose (there was no 0.94). I use GNU Classpath-0.92, as this is one I have available locally... When later versions of JamVM breaks compatibility with 0.92/0.93, you'll also have to download and build an older version to do the bootstrap (or any other compatible VM). It might be useful to have a list somewhere of GNU Classpath versions and a list of which VM/versions are compatible with it! Thanks, Rob. > -- > 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 > >
