Re: Java

[Torsten]

On 24.11.2012 09:03, marco atzeri wrote:
> On 11/24/2012 7:06 AM, marco atzeri wrote:
>> John,
>> just noted that there is no check on the config process to validate
>> the presence of java.
>> On my cygwin ambient, the Java compiler was not present and the build
>> stopped almost at the end. Added it and re-testing.
>>
>> It will be better also to add the possibility of disabling such
>> new functionality, I am not confident about java on cygwin at all.
>>
>> Regards
>> Marco
>>
> 
> following after installing the gcc-java package.
> Build stops here
> ( cd ../../octave/scripts/java;  -source 1.3 -target 1.3 -d
> /pub/hg/octave_build/scripts/java org/octave/ClassHelper.java )
> 
> as JAVAC is not defined.
> 
> For what I can see the gcj compiler have not "-source 1.3 -target 1.3"
> options
> 
> Any suggestion ?
> 
> Marco
> 

I ran into the same problem. The build finishes after setting
  JAVAC = javac  (not gcj)
  JAR   = jar
in scripts/Makefile

Torsten