Hi Richard, Jikes RVM is using an older version of Classpath than what is current. MRP [1] (derived from Jikes RVM) uses the latest GNU Classpath. You may want to try this as an alternative, although currently you'll need to download MRP using git. Regards, Ian [1] http://mrp.codehaus.org/ 2009/11/22 Richard O'Keefe <ok@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > The host is an Intel Core 2 Duo processor running Mac OS X version 10.5.7 > > I downloaded the JikesRVM version 3.1.0 and having checked that > ia32-osx was supported set out to build it. The manual says that > it needs GNU Classpath, and that I should download and install > that by doing ant -f build/components/classpath.xml, which I did. > > [exec] checking ifaddrs.h usability... yes > [exec] checking ifaddrs.h presence... yes > [exec] checking for ifaddrs.h... yes > [exec] checking netinet/in_systm.h usability... yes > [exec] checking netinet/in_systm.h presence... yes > [exec] checking for netinet/in_systm.h... yes > [exec] checking netinet/ip.h usability... yes > [exec] checking netinet/ip.h presence... yes > [exec] checking for netinet/ip.h... yes > [exec] checking net/if.h usability... no > [exec] checking net/if.h presence... yes > [exec] configure: WARNING: net/if.h: present but cannot be compiled > [exec] configure: WARNING: net/if.h: check for missing prerequisite > headers? > [exec] configure: WARNING: net/if.h: see the Autoconf documentation > [exec] configure: WARNING: net/if.h: section "Present But Cannot Be > Compiled" > [exec] configure: WARNING: net/if.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's > result > [exec] configure: WARNING: net/if.h: in the future, the compiler will > take precedence > [exec] configure: WARNING: ## -------------------------------- ## > [exec] configure: WARNING: ## Report this to classpath@xxxxxxx ## > [exec] configure: WARNING: ## -------------------------------- ## > [exec] checking for net/if.h... yes > > There was a further problem later down where the Ant script said > [exec] configure: error: The Java compiler > /home/cshome/o/ok/Desktop/jikesrvm-3.1.0/components/ecj/3.2/ecj-3.2/ecj > failed (see config.log, check the CLASSPATH?) > [exec] checking if > /home/cshome/o/ok/Desktop/jikesrvm-3.1.0/components/ecj/3.2/ecj-3.2/ecj > works... > > > Since ...components/ecj doesn't exist, it's not surprising that it > doesn't "work". This leads me to suspect a problem with the Ant > script. > > >
