[pylucene-dev] Re: Issue Compiling Trunk

[Ron Davis]

I setup a new version of java (1.4.2) in /usr/local and then set  
JAVA_HOME to the path.. i was then able to get the application to  
work properly.

Thanks for your help Andi

On Jan 30, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Andi Vajda wrote:

>
> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Yura Smolsky wrote:
>
>> # java --version
>> java version "1.4.2"
>> gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-51)
>>
>> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.   
>> There is NO
>> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
>> PURPOSE.
>>
>>
>> does this version of java compatible with PyLucene?
>>
>> AV> In any case, this questions are best directed at java- 
>> dev at lucene.apache.org as
>> AV> they are apparent Java Lucene build issues.
>>
>> i think these warnings appear b/c something is wrong with javac
>> compiler.. we are trying sun java..
>
> You cannot use gcj/gij to compile Java Lucene sources. You have to  
> use a proper, less buggy JDK such as Blackdown's, Sun's or Apple's.
> gcj's front-end has too many bugs to compile Lucene from .java  
> sources.
>
> I sure hope this is changing with the new gcj 4.3 in the works that  
> has a received a new front-end compiler supporting Java 1.5. But  
> until then, gcj is not fit for compiling Java Lucene from .java  
> sources. This is why I'm including the pre-compiled Lucene .jar  
> files in the PyLucene source tarballs.
>
> See [1] for more information about compiling PyLucene from trunk  
> with a gcj 4.x compiler. When you use a gcj 4.x compiler, you  
> cannot use the .jar files I produced and uploaded. Why, I don't  
> know, hat's all I know so far. Any solution to this mystery is  
> welcome but as it stands, 'make test' fails when compiling with  
> these .jar files and gcj 4.x. You must instead produce the jar  
> files yourself on that platform, using ant a proper JDK.
>
> If you want this to remain easy, stick with the PyLucene source  
> tarballs and with gcj 3.4.6. Otherwise follow the steps in [1]  
> carefully adapting them to your platform specifics.
>
> Andi..
>
> [1] http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/pylucene-dev/2006- 
> November/001404.html
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