[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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