[m-rev.] For review: Have configure decide whether to install the Java grade

[Fergus Henderson]

On 09-Feb-2004, James Goddard <goddardjames at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Have the configure script decide whether to install the Java grade.
...
> +++ aclocal.m4	9 Feb 2004 07:12:48 -0000
>  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
> +#
> +# Java configuration
> +#
> +AC_DEFUN(MERCURY_CHECK_JAVA,
> +[
> +AC_PATH_PROG(JAVAC, javac)
> +
> +AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Java SDK)
> +AC_CACHE_VAL(mercury_cv_java, [
> +if test "$JAVAC" != ""; then
> +        mercury_cv_java="yes"
> +else
> +        mercury_cv_java="no"
> +fi
> +])

We currently rely on some features of J2SE 1.2, right?

I think it would be a good idea for configure to test
that you can compile and run a simple test program conftest.java
which uses those features, similar to the way we check $BOOTSTRAP_MC.

Otherwise that looks fine.

-- 
Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.oz.au>  |  "I have always known that the pursuit
The University of Melbourne         |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
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