[fedora-java] aot-compile-rpm

[Andrew Haley]

Gary Benson writes:
 > Tom Tromey wrote:
 > > >>>>> "Gary" == Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> writes:
 > > 
 > > Gary>  IT WORKS AROUND THE PPC GO2 LIMIT
 > > Gary>  =================================
 > > Gary>   PPC machines are limited on the size of jarfiles that can be
 > > Gary>   compiled in one go, affecting Eclipse and JacORB, as described
 > > Gary>   at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=158308.
 > > Gary>   aot-compile-rpm splits large jarfiles on ppc to avoid this.
 > > 
 > > Gary>     """In order to avoid #158308 we must split large jarfiles on PPC."""
 > > Gary>     if os.environ.get("RPM_ARCH") != "ppc":
 > > Gary>         return [src.filename]
 > > 
 > > You may want to do the splitting unconditionally.  Then we won't
 > > generate machine-crushing gigabyte .s files anywhere, and we will be
 > > able to remove property files and other unused bits from the jars on
 > > all platforms.
 > 
 > Since my machine has been in swapstorms over eclipse all afternoon I'm
 > inclined to agree with you.
 > 
 > When we compile, then nothing except classes are touched?

Nothing except classes are used, no.

Andrew.