[fedora-java] [Fwd: [Bug 471811] RfE: Need CNI sub package to resurrect pdftk]

[Andrew Haley]

Andrew Overholt wrote:
> * Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> [2009-02-02 07:45]:
>> Andrew Overholt wrote:
>>> Can anyone with CNI experience please help with this bug?  I have heard
>>> of lots of people using pdftk and it would be nice if it was available
>>> in Fedora.
>> Well, I understand CNI well enough but I can't understand what the problem
>> is supposed to be.
> 
> I'll try to explain it as I understand it:
> 
> - pdftk is compiled by gcj using the C++ ABI, direct to native code
> - iText is compiled to bytecode (and GCJ AOT .sos)
> - pdftk used to bundle its own copy of iText; this isn't allowed by Fedora
> - pdftk needs iText to provide a C++-style .so for linking

OK, so all we need is a version of iText that is suitable for CNI.  Is there
any reason not to add a subpackage of iText which provides such a thing?
Apart from the effort of doing it, I mean; I just wonder if there is any
technical reason why not.

Andrew.