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,
--
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