[fedora-java] gcj-dbtool --rebuild

[Andrew Haley]

Gary Benson writes:
 > Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote:
 > > Here's what "gcj-dbtool --rebuild" needs to do:
 > > 
 > > Merge all db files in "$prefix/lib/gcj-$gcc_version/classmap.db.d/" into
 > > "$prefix/lib/gcj-$gcc_version/classmap.db".
 > >
 > > Even better for FC5 would be eliminating the need for individual .db
 > > files altogether.
 > 
 > This would require the hashes to be stored in the .so, which I don't
 > think they are at present.  Is this something which is possible?

Yes.  It is part of the Grand Plan.  But reading the hashes out of a
.so is going to be far slower than out of a .db.  It wouldn't be
practical if you had thousands of them.

Andrew.