[kaffe] Does kaffe still require libffi to build and run?

Dalibor Topic robilad@kaffe.org
Sun Aug 24 11:24:02 2003


Salut Arnaud,

Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The Debian package of kaffe configure the powerpc architecture (and only
> this one)  with "--with-libffi". Does  kaffe still need libffi  to build
> and run? (see: http://bugs.debian.org/66540 ). 

it doesn't need it anymore, as far as I know.

> Does a good  compilation mean kaffe on powerpc does  not need libffi? Or
> do I have to make tests compiling/running some special java classes? 

in general, a make check can't do much harm ;) Though I think all the 
tests should pass on powerpc-linux with 1.1.1.

cheers,
dalibor topic