From: Archie Cobbs (archie@whistle.com)
Date: Wed Sep 09 1998 - 21:22:24 EDT
Godmar Back writes:
> > - Use the kaffeh just built to generate header files (by reaching
> > into the appropriate object directory).
>
> (hopefully) no: the header files won't be derived files anymore, they will
> be created on the fly during a normal build from the existing Klasses.jar.
Ah, right.. that's even better.
> > - To implement (c), you can "make install" as required so that the kaffe
> > and pizza you install overwrite your "pre-existing tools".
>
> No. That would be silly.
>
> (c) is implemented by modifying the Makerules to use the built kaffe
> and the built libraries in the object tree --- note that's *only* for
> this stage, not for the first stage where the preexisting tools are used.
> This second pass does not depend in any way on what's installed where.
Makes better sense.
> As for the question whether your preexisting tools are overwritten,
> that entirely depends on whether your specified installation target
> (--prefix) would override the "pre-existing" tools.
>
> What is pre-existing and what isn't is decided at configure time, either
> using your path or some environment variables. So, yes, if you tell
> kaffe at configure time to use your old javac from your installation
> target as "pre-existing tools", then make install will overwrite it.
Right.. what you do with your tool set is a private matter, as it were.
-Archie
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