[fedora-java] java-gcjHEAD-compat (or "How to use your gcc build to run Eclipse")

[Andrew Overholt]

* Ziga Mahkovec <ziga.mahkovec at klika.si> [2005-05-17 14:50]:
> On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 16:56 -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: 
> > Tom Fitzsimmons and I (okay, it was mostly Tom ;) worked out how to have a
> > set of alternatives for java, javac, etc. that can use a non-system gcc
> > installation.  This will allow you to easily run our Eclipse packages
> > (among others) using your gcc builds.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 6. install the resulting RPM (should be in ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/<ARCH>/)
> 
> Do you then run java-1.4.2-gcjHEAD-compat in parallel with the stock
> java-1.4.2-gcj-compat?  I would assume so, since eclipse packages
> require the stock package.  This means that installation should be
> forced due to file conflicts, right?
> 
> During the latest rawhide update I noticed some eclipse packages failed
> to upgrade properly (i.e. I had both version M6.15 and M6.16 installed).
> I didn't look into it closely, but could this be a result of having both
> java-1.4.2-gcj-compat and java-1.4.2-gcjHEAD-compat installed?

Yeah, probably.  Some of the files are shared between the two.  I guess
people trying this will just have to be careful when updating.

Andrew