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Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> You might check out this forum thread: |
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> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-547221.html |
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> This points to a blackdown-1.4.1 beta version for sparc. Whether or not |
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> it can be used on a system using a current compiler I do not know; it |
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> seems it was built using gcc-3.2.xx |
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> Regards, |
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> |
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It was a couple of years ago, my memory is vague. The blackdown 1.4 |
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version had problems building OpenOffice.org - random crashes at |
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certain modules, not properly reproducible. Also there were some |
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important security fixes I believe did not get done in the sparc |
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version. Then 1.4 just stopped working on my debian system - something |
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about shared libraries (libc?) not compatible, but I had already changed |
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to gcj at that stage so I did not pursue that. Blackdown had patches |
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for 1.5 but not enough people with know-how to help get it released. |
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My personal interest is about java for openoffice.org. The ooo-build |
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developers (incl redhat, debian & novell) have put patches upstream so |
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OOo builds and runs using ecj for java parts and gstreamer for the media |
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parts in OOo that would otherwise require the Java Media Framework (JMF) |
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that also is not ported to sparc last time I looked. And debian |
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provides an ecj for sparc. I don't know about the politics or licence |
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issues but it seems that gnu and the other distributions have all |
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committed to ecj? |
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thanks |
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jim |
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