Tomcat + gcj + LinuxPPC ?

[Franck Routier <Fr...@hospvd.ch>]

At 01:38 20.09.2001 -0700, Anthony Green wrote:
>Franck wrote:
>
> > Any idea on how to make it start quicker ?
>
>Yes, help me test and debug Tomcat built with gcj on LinuxPPC.  Tomcat is
>precompiled to native code (like C/C++).  Servlets are compiled to shared
>libraries.  When I finish hacking GnuJavaCompiler for jasper, JSP pages will
>also be compiled to shared libraries and loaded.
>
>Gcj is known to work well on PowerPC Linux systems.  Tomcat starts in just a
>couple of seconds on my x86 box.  I would expect the same on PowerPC Linux.
>You'll need the very latest GCC development sources which includes important
>fixes for gcj and libgcj (the runtime library).
>
>See http://sources.redhat.com/rhug
>
>AG

Hey, why not ...?

Just two questions :

1) Is there a quickstart howto or any kind of documentation somewhere to 
get me on the track ?

2) Would gcj-3.0 1:3.0.2-0pre010908 be new enough ? (there is a .deb for it 
that would make it easier for me) ?


Thanks,

Franck


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Franck Routier
SHC - Support FIH9

Re: Tomcat + gcj + LinuxPPC ?

[Anthony Green <gr...@redhat.com>]

Franck wrote:
> 1) Is there a quickstart howto or any kind of documentation somewhere to
> get me on the track ?

No, not yet.  There is a mailing list for questions (CC'd -
rhug-rhats@sources.redhat.com, it's also archived on the web).  I'll try to
put something together in the next couple of days.

> 2) Would gcj-3.0 1:3.0.2-0pre010908 be new enough ? (there is a .deb for it
> that would make it easier for me) ?

Unfortunately not.  This is bleeding edge stuff, and requires the very latest
CVS sources for GCC (what will eventually become 3.1).  Follow these
instructions for building...
http://gcc.gnu.org/java/build-snapshot.html

We're fixing runtime and compiler bugs as they are discovered, but I'm very
happy with what's working today.

AG