Re: Separate csharpcomp.sh, and a license problem

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

>> I'm now using csharpcomp to build the Libidn C# port.
>>
>> How does javacomp relate to the automake Java support?
>
> - automake's support uses only gcj, ignoring the "javac" and "jikes"
>   commands.

Right.

> - It completely ignores CLASSPATH issues.

Which, automake or javacomp?

I'd like to support javac and jikes.  Does javacomp support building
*.jar files?  Since my current java use need some M4 macros from the
autoconf macro archive, that are poorly written, I'd like to move to
javacomp if there are no down-sides.  I think I will wait with that
until after the C# release, though, and then try it and see if it
works or not for me.

>> How about merging the
>> javacomp script with automake?  That would make it possible to use
>> non-gcj java compilers too.  If that is done, perhaps also supporting
>> C#, through csharpcomp, in automake is simple.
>
> Supporting C# with csharpcomp would even be simpler, because on the
> Java side there are three possibilities at configure time (no Java
> support at all, Java support for creating jars, Java support for creating
> jars and executables) compared to only two possibilities for C#.

I look forward to this being integrated into automake!

Thanks,
Simon