[kaffe] CVS kaffe (robilad): updated docs for compiler detection code

Kaffe CVS cvs-commits at kaffe.org
Thu Dec 20 16:57:02 PST 2007


PatchSet 7613 
Date: 2007/12/21 00:56:00
Author: robilad
Branch: HEAD
Tag: (none) 
Log:
updated docs for compiler detection code

2007-12-20  Dalibor Topic  <robilad at kaffe.org>

        * README: Refer to FAQ/FAQ.requiredlibraries for required libs.
        Describe passing a compiler for the Java programming language to the
        configure script.

        Reported by:  Kiyo Inaba <inaba at src.ricoh.co.jp>

Members: 
	ChangeLog:1.5111->1.5112 
	README:1.47->1.48 

Index: kaffe/ChangeLog
diff -u kaffe/ChangeLog:1.5111 kaffe/ChangeLog:1.5112
--- kaffe/ChangeLog:1.5111	Fri Dec 21 00:47:46 2007
+++ kaffe/ChangeLog	Fri Dec 21 00:56:00 2007
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 2007-12-20  Dalibor Topic  <robilad at kaffe.org>
 
+	* README: Refer to FAQ/FAQ.requiredlibraries for required libs.
+	Describe passing a compiler for the Java programming language to the
+	configure script.
+
+	Reported by:  Kiyo Inaba <inaba at src.ricoh.co.jp>
+
+2007-12-20  Dalibor Topic  <robilad at kaffe.org>
+
 	* FAQ/FAQ.requiredlibraries: Added GNU Classpath and boehm-gc descriptions.
 
 2007-12-19  Dalibor Topic  <robilad at kaffe.org>
Index: kaffe/README
diff -u kaffe/README:1.47 kaffe/README:1.48
--- kaffe/README:1.47	Wed Oct 24 20:43:23 2007
+++ kaffe/README	Fri Dec 21 00:56:01 2007
@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@
 What software do I need to install Kaffe?
 -----------------------------------------
 
-Kaffe uses GNU Classpath as its class library. You need to install it first.
-GNU Classpath can be found at:
+See FAQ/FAQ.requiredlibraries.
 
-	http://www.classpath.org
-
-Kaffe requires GNU Classpath 0.95 or later.
+You'll also need a compiler for the Java programming language, like ecj, 
+javac or jikes. 
 
 How do I compile and install kaffe?
 -----------------------------------
@@ -128,6 +126,12 @@
   $ ./configure
   $ make
   $ make install
+
+You can specify which compiler for the Java programming langiage to 
+use for the build by passing it in the JAVAC variable to the configure 
+script, as in
+
+$ ./configure JAVAC=/usr/bin/ecj
 
 Before compiling for your platform, you might want to check the
 RELEASE-NOTES file to see if it has been tested with this release, and




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