Linking problems with Kaffe VM
Godmar Back
kaffe@rufus.w3.org
Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:03:56 -0700 (MST)
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> (a) Kaffe should keep its namespace clean
Yes, we should really prefix all our global symbols.
It's such a mess.
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> (b) On ELF systems ISTM that you could link Kaffe with -Bsymbolic. This
> is not infinitely portable though. (Maybe something for libtool?) Also,
I don't know what -Bsymbolic does, and I have a hunch I don't want to know,
especially since I read that it could be something for libtool.
> since Kaffe 1.0.6 doesn't build on RH 7.0, I can't even begin to test this
> now.
I noticed that too.
You need to specify --disable-gcj on the configure line to make it work.
We should probably make that the default since nobody seems to
want to work on it at this time.
- Godmar