Re: [Classpathx-xml] jaxp doesn't build with latest GCJ

[Nic Ferrier]

David Brownell <address@hidden> writes:

> > I'm using the development branch of GCJ and something seems to be 
> > going wrong when compiling. 
>  
> It often does ... it's been a while since I've tracked GCJ, 
> which is unfortunate (ISP accident I've not made time to fix). 
>  
>  
> > ./source/gnu/xml/dom/DomNsNode.java:137: No method named `getNodeType' in 
> > scope. 
> >        if (namespace != null || getNodeType () != ATTRIBUTE_NODE) 
> >                                         ^ 
>  
> Are you compiling from CVS or what?  The version I happen to 
> have on this system clearly has such a method in the base class 
> (returns a short).  But I also thought I'd ripped that method out 
> and made it go back to a static field... 

Yes, I'm compiling from the latest CVS. I did:

    cvs update -d

before I compiled.


  
> > btw I've finally got the new Makefile system working. There is a shell 
> > script which generates the Makefile from a template (a bit like 
> > automake). There is also an aclocal file which abstracts the choice 
> > of compiler. 
>  
> Sounds better than what's there now.  I confess I've not made 
> time to look at such issues recently. 

Yup. I'm largely to blame for the crap builds. But I think I have
something that works quite well now.

  
  
> > I'll create a jaxp module and tar it up for all you developers. 
>  
> Sure, sounds good. 

I hope to get it done today or tommorow.


Nic