Re: Can't configure or compile gettext-0.11.5 with gcc-3.2

[Bruno Haible]

Juergen Rose writes:

> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src_cat/Libs/gettext-0.11.5/intl-java'
> /bin/sh ../lib/javacomp.sh -d . ./gnu/gettext/GettextResource.java
> There was an error trying to initialize the HPI library.
> Please check your installation, HotSpot does not work correctly
> when installed in the JDK 1.2 Linux Production Release, or
> with any JDK 1.1.x release.
> Could not create the Java virtual machine.
> 
> Also with java-1.3.1, which was installed before, came some java
> specific error.
> 
> Do you have any hint for me?

You can workaround it by changing your PATH so that it doesn't contain
"java" or "javac".

> PATH=/usr/lib/jdk1.3.1/bin:$PATH javadoc -d javadoc2 gnu/gettext/*.java
> /usr/lib/jdk1.3.1/bin/i386/native_threads/javadoc: relocation error:
> /usr/lib/jdk1.3.1/jre/lib/i386/native_threads/libhpi.so: symbol
> __divdi3, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time 
> reference

You need recent binutils when you compile glibc 2.2.5 with gcc 3.2.
See http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2002-08/msg00254.html

Bruno