Re: zip file of class files

[Brian Jones]

address@hidden writes:

> Chandra Krintz (address@hidden) wrote:
> > Would it be possible for someone to compile
> > the .java files that are included in the new release
> > to .class files and make some sort of archive of
> > them available?
> > 
> > I would like to use them directly without the
> > rest of the infrastructure.  Others have shown
> > interest (from the ORP mailing list) in 
> > this also.  In an early release a .zip file enabled
> > this type of access.
> 
> It is possible and we should do it.  However, right now Classpath is
> still lacking zip support, so it can't even load classes out of its
> own archive file if you try to use them zipped.
> 

Even so, there is a glibj.zip included with the .tar.gz distribution.
You're not actually required to compile the java source in the
distribution unless you want to... the classes were compiled with
jikes-1.12-1 from Red Hat.

Brian
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Brian Jones <address@hidden>