Maven 2 & 3

Build Maven2 on free java SDK

Details

  • Type: New Feature New Feature
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • Affects Version/s: None
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: None
  • Labels:
    None
  • Environment:
    Ubuntu breezy with GCJ 4.0.1
  • Complexity:
    Intermediate
  • Number of attachments :
    0

Description

It would make maven2 more "GNU Classpath" friendly if there is less flexibility in maven 2 bootstraping ode.
For example in maven-mboot2/src/main/java/compile/JavacCompiler.java, the class "com.sun.tools.javac.Main" is hardcoded. This result in a NullPointerException when trying to build maven2 with GCJ.

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Brett Porter added a comment -

shouldn't GCJ implement that class? AFAIK that is the standard API for accessing a javac-like compiler.

Anyway, we should definitely have other alternatives in the bootstrap. We could probably download the plexus compilers we use instead of having one hardcoded in the bootstrap

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Brett Porter added a comment - shouldn't GCJ implement that class? AFAIK that is the standard API for accessing a javac-like compiler. Anyway, we should definitely have other alternatives in the bootstrap. We could probably download the plexus compilers we use instead of having one hardcoded in the bootstrap
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Trygve Laugstol added a comment -

Damien: I have a set of tools that builds Maven 2 with free tools only. I haven't use any of the GNU tools, only the java-based ones but it shouldn't be hard adding support for GCJ and co. I can publish these somewhere if there's an interest in that.

Brett: The biggest issue with the MBoot for the Linux distros is that it's downloading stuff of the internet which is not something that builds are allowed to do. I have a technique in my scripts that basically builds everything (including dependencies) from source.

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Trygve Laugstol added a comment - Damien: I have a set of tools that builds Maven 2 with free tools only. I haven't use any of the GNU tools, only the java-based ones but it shouldn't be hard adding support for GCJ and co. I can publish these somewhere if there's an interest in that. Brett: The biggest issue with the MBoot for the Linux distros is that it's downloading stuff of the internet which is not something that builds are allowed to do. I have a technique in my scripts that basically builds everything (including dependencies) from source.
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Trygve Laugstol added a comment -

Brett: Not that downloading the implementation isn't useful

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Trygve Laugstol added a comment - Brett: Not that downloading the implementation isn't useful
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Brett Porter added a comment -

sure, I'm still writing that mail on how I see us addressing this.

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Brett Porter added a comment - sure, I'm still writing that mail on how I see us addressing this.
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Jason van Zyl added a comment -

We will build and test against released and certified JDKs, trying to support all variants of GJC is untentable.

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Jason van Zyl added a comment - We will build and test against released and certified JDKs, trying to support all variants of GJC is untentable.

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