Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:17:45 -0300 From: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org> To: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org> Cc: zach@neurosoft.org, joshua@roughtrade.net, java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using NEED_JAVAC in ports Message-ID: <20020416201807.16393.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> In-Reply-To: <200204161951.VAA29489@smtp.hccnet.nl>; from znerd@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 09:50:36PM %2B0200 References: <200204161951.VAA29489@smtp.hccnet.nl>
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 09:50:36PM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote: > > I'm sending you this email because I'm working on a change to bsd.java.mk > that will affect a port you're maintaining. More precisely: > > lang/kawa > net/javadc > net/jift > net/spread > > Is it okay if I make a small change to the Makefile of these ports? I would > like to add NEED_JAVAC=YES below the USE_JAVA=YES line. This should not > affect the working of the port. > > The source of the problem is that currently Jikes is registered as a > dependency of ports that don't even need a Java compiler. The bsd.java.mk > file will be changed so that you need to set NEED_JAVAC to YES if you need > ${JAVAC} to be set. > > This change has already made its way into the documentation for bsd.java.mk. > See: > > http://www.metaverse.nl/~ernst/writing.html I would authorize changes on my ports for adding a tweakable need for JAVAC but I would like to understand why would it affect jikes? I really use javac. After all, I don't need jikes in my two affected ports: javadc and jift. What your heuristic for picking either jikes or javac? I am curious. Regards, -- Mario S F Ferreira - DF - Brazil - "I guess this is a signature." Computer Science Undergraduate | FreeBSD Committer | CS Developer flames to beloved devnull@someotherworldbeloworabove.org feature, n: a documented bug | bug, n: an undocumented feature To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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