Re: added optional --with-jvm=

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Sun, 2004-03-28 at 03:17, Grzegorz B. Prokopski wrote:
> This patch adds --with-jvm= configure option handling.
> It has NO effect unless it's explicitely used.
> 
> 2004-03-27  Grzegorz B. Prokopski <address@hidden> 
> 
>         * configure.ac: Added --with-jvm= handling defaulting to none.
>         * acinclude.m4: Don't build .zip for --with-jvm=sablevm.

I don't object to a --with-vm configure option in principle, it could be
useful to build classpath for a specific environment. But I do object to
encoding specific knowledge about particular VMs in our tree. We did
this in the past and it wasn't a success. (See the kaffe, orp and japhar
bits and pieces that have been rotting in the tree because we don't
maintain them anymore and/or the vm makers lost interest.)

Please revert this and discuss the general idea and how it should work
on the list first. The argument for the --with-vm option should probably
be a directory location or file that comes with the vm
sources/installation describing specific optimizations for that
environment.

Thanks,

Mark

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