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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 07:27:41PM -0600, Joseph Booker wrote: |
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> Im wondering if java programs in portage really require to be compiled, I |
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> dont no of any that i use (mainly just the jdk and jedit) that has USE |
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> flags or anything like that that changes the files compiled, so whats the |
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> point of having them compiled when the binary versions would be just the |
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> same on any arch? |
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In theory the output SHOULD be the same, but in practice this is not |
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always true, esp. when you tell javac to compile with optimizations or |
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debugging. Also, you have to contend with the non-standard javac options |
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(try javac -X with various different javac, esp. across multiple |
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platforms). |
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