[Buildroot] [PATCH v3] classpath: bump to version 0.99

Marcus Hoffmann m.hoffmann at cartelsol.com
Mon Feb 13 15:08:55 UTC 2017


Hello,

On 13.02.2017 14:29, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>>>  2. classpath has a "depends on BR2_PACKAGE_JAMVM" and jamvm has a
>>>     "select BR2_PACKAGE_CLASSPATH" which feels a bit like a circular
>>>     dependency. It would be nice to fix that up as well.  
>>
>> What would be the preferred solution here? JamVM selecting classpath
>> seems fine, as long as there is no alternative class library in
>> buildroot. So we allow selecting classpath but not JamVM? Here is a list
>> of projects using gnu classpath:
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/stories.html#jvm
> 
> My understanding is that the build dependency is:
> 
> 	jamvm -> classpath
> 
> i.e the classpath package needs to be built/installed before we build
> the jamvm package. If that's the case, then I would keep the "select
> BR2_PACKAGE_CLASSPATH" in jamvm/Config.in, but get rid of the "depends
> on BR2_PACKAGE_JAMVM" in classpath/Config.in.

That's my understanding as well.
I'll prepare a patch.

> 
> Peter, you're the one who added classpath originally (commit
> 5062f530081913bd0487f0f879be180f30836ab8) including this "depends on
> BR2_PACKAGE_JAMVM" dependency. What do you think ?
> 
> Thomas
> 

Marcus



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