From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 22:31:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9429016A4CE; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:31:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739A743D3F; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 22:31:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from erob@ruby.game-server.cc) Received: from ruby.game-server.cc ([24.202.62.231]) by VL-MO-MR010.ip.videotron.ca (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0E009DCJY3VH@VL-MO-MR010.ip.videotron.ca>; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:30:03 -0500 (EST) Received: by ruby.game-server.cc (Postfix, from userid 999) id 5F9A54E6E; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:34:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:34:16 -0400 From: Etienne Robillard In-reply-to: <200407052102.i65L2ikG066536@freefall.freebsd.org> To: Gerald Pfeifer Message-id: <20040705223416.GA488@none> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <200407052102.i65L2ikG066536@freefall.freebsd.org> cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/63427: Disabling the Java frontend at compile time X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: erob@videotron.ca List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 22:31:32 -0000 On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:02:44PM +0000, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Synopsis: Disabling the Java frontend at compile time > > State-Changed-From-To: suspended->closed > State-Changed-By: gerald > State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 5 21:00:57 GMT 2004 > State-Changed-Why: > I thought this through, several times over the recent weeks, and I think > we should avoid adding this extra piece of complexity -- the main benefit > really can be gained be disabling libgcj, and we already have a hook for > that. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=63427 Hi Gerald, You're probably right about the complexity thing. However, I doubt that disabling libgcj is sufficient (in my case) in areas like saving compilation time and/or space. Thank you for your time and patience, Regards, Etienne