Cross-compiling OpenJDK

[Erik van Pienbroek]

Florian Weimer schreef op di 29-04-2014 om 13:07 [+0200]:
> I'm trying to cross-compile OpenJDK from x86_64 to mingw64.  There are 
> some minor fixes necessary on the OpenJDK side, but the largest 
> discrepancy is the difference in file system layout between mingw and 
> native builds: native import libraries use .lib, mingw uses .dll.a, 
> native import libraries are in the same directory as the DLL, but with 
> mingw, it's separate.
> 
> Are there some tricks to work around this, or is this just how things 
> are?  Why isn't the file system layout closer to what appears to be 
> typical for native builds?
> 

Hi,

I guess with 'native' you mean a native Windows environment, correct?
When you try to build libraries using MSVC then you'll end up with .dll
and .lib files. These .lib files are import libraries which are
incompatible with the ones generated by gcc (mingw). Therefore we only
provide .dll.a files in Fedora and no .lib files.

Because we are using gcc the shared libraries are placed automatically
in a 'bin' folder while all import libraries are placed automatically in
a 'lib' folder. End-users usually can ignore files in the 'lib' folder.

Regards,

Erik van Pienbroek