libgcj/384: Bootstrapping of current GCC CVS version fails in libjava

[Bryce McKinlay]

The following reply was made to PR libgcj/384; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz>
To: aj@suse.de
Cc: java-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: libgcj/384: Bootstrapping of current GCC CVS version fails in 
 libjava
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 22:07:42 +1300

 aj@suse.de wrote:
 
 > java/lang/Boolean.java:25: Blank static final variable `FALSE' may not have be initialized.
 >      public static final Boolean FALSE = new Boolean(false);
 >                                  ^
 > java/lang/Boolean.java:26: Blank static final variable `TRUE' may not have be initialized.
 >      public static final Boolean TRUE = new Boolean(true);
 >                                  ^
 > 2 errors
 
 This is a known (and extremely annoying) bug. Right now, bootstrapping simply does not produce a working jc1. The workaround is to build gcc/gcj with an older compiler, like egcs 1.1.2, gcc 2.95, or RH's gcc 2.96.
 
 regards
 
   [ bryce ]