Re: [gentoo-java] Feedback on migration and experimental overlay

[Caster]

Joshua Nichols wrote:
> Caster wrote:
>>> Joshua Nichols wrote:
>>>  > Ah... right. It's not a problem that 1.5 is being used to compile it.
>>>> The build.xml files get rewritten to make sure 1.4 bytecode gets compiled.
>>>>
>>>> By chance, have you configured anything in
>>>> /etc/java-config-2/build/compilers.conf ? By default, it should use the
>>>> lowest possible VM, but it can be configured more finely.
>>>>
>>>> Josh
>>> No, didn't change that. It has only the commented example line
>>> #COMPILERS="ecj-3.1 jikes javac"
>>> I don't see how to specify JDK version in there  :)
>
> I actually meant compilers.conf, not jdk.conf
>

I take that as "I actually meant jdk.conf, not compilers.conf" :)
No, didn't change jdk.conf neither, contains only commented examples as
well.

>>> This is getting confusing, you have generation-1 system VM, generation-2
>>> system VM, this compilers.conf... Any docs that explain how all that
>>> works, what gets used where?  :)
>
> https://svn.gentooexperimental.org/svn/java/migration/docs/java-user.html
>
> Generation-1 system vm is used by root, and conseuqnently for emerging
> packages that are using the old eclasses, ie java-pkg (which would be
> most everything at this point).
>
> Generation-2 system vm is used for root.
>
> Generation-2 build vm is configured by the jdk.conf, and is used for
> emerging packages which use the new eclasses, ie java-pkg-2.
>

Thanks for explaining.

>>> Seems ant-tasks is affected as well, and can't be built because of that.
>>> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132764
>>>
>
> Quite aware of the bug now. It didn't happen on the system I was testing
> on, but now I'm hitting it as well.
>

After overlay svn update it's emerged ok, although still using 1.5 jdk.
Just the "By default, it should use the lowest possible VM" doesn't seem
to hold :)

Caster
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