Bug#369574: Suggestion: Add support for gcj to libpg-java

[Ulrich Schmid]

Package: libpg-java
Version: 8.1-405-1
Severity: wishlist



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Versions of packages libpg-java depends on:
ii  gij [java1-runtime]           4:4.1.0-2  The GNU Java bytecode interpreter
ii  gij-4.1 [java1-runtime]       4.1.0-2j1  The GNU Java bytecode interpreter

libpg-java recommends no packages.

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Version of package gcj:
ii  gcj            4.1.0-2        The GNU Java compiler

Hi,

using 'Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");' in a gcj-compiled programm failed with ClassNotFoundException:

ClassNotFoundException
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver not found in gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[file:./], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}}

'strace' showed that it tried to load the library lib-org-postgresql-Driver.so.

I tried to create this library by compiling /usr/share/java/postgresql.jar. It worked.

Therefore I would like to suggest adding lib-org-postgresql-Driver.so to libpg-java.

Best Regards,
Ulrich Schmid