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Date:      Mon, 2 Feb 1998 12:01:59 -0600 (CST)
From:      Damon Permezel <dap@damon.com>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        iang@systemics.com, nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: jdk115 JNI requires ELF, gcc makes a.out
Message-ID:  <199802021801.MAA06681@damon.com>
In-Reply-To: <199802021751.KAA28000@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Feb 2, 98 10:51:30 am"

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"Nate Williams sez: "
> > > > However, the result that is produced by gcc is a.out format, and the JVM
> > > > seems to require ELF.
> > > 
> > > Huh?  I don't think so.  FreeBSD doesn't do ELF, so nothing we've
> > > created requires and/or uses ELF.
> > 
> > You're absolutely right, of course, I looked more closely and found I
> > had hooked into the Linux JVM, through some dodgy scripts.  It still
> > doesn't work with the FreeBSD JVM, but I'll have to leave it for now, it
> > looks like some local problem, and I need to fiddle with PATHS.
> 
> *phew*.  OK, when you've got things working, can you let the list know?
> JNI is probably one of the least tested features of the JDK, and it
> would nice to know that it works. :) :)

JNI works....  it was one of the first bugs I ran into.

I am certainly interested in any counter examples.



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