From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200005022124.RAA25470@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: Request for 7.0 JDBC status
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	Joachim Achtzehnter at "May 2, 2000 11:53:17 am"
To: Joachim Achtzehnter <joachim@kraut.bc.ca>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:24:22 -0400 (EDT)
CC: PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org>,
	Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
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> Today, Bruce Momjian wrote in an email addressed to Joachim Achtzehnter:
> > 
> > Interesting.  It does compile under kaffe 1.05, but the mutually
> > dependent java files cause a compile error.  Seems 6.5.3 had the same
> > problem, so I am not sure why it would have worked then.
> 
> Well, it is conceivable that I was actually compiling it with jikes, and
> only used Kaffe to run it. In fact, now that I think of it, this is most
> likely what I did. Even then, with some version of the driver I had to
> patch a runtime version check to make it behave as if Kaffe was a 1.1 JVM.
> 
> It is true that Kaffe has a number of problems. Nevertheless, given that
> it is licensed under the GPL some people prefer it over the alternatives
> even if it has some drawbacks.

Starting the kaffe 1.05, they now use KOPI as their java compiler. I
have contacted them about the problem to see if they can help.

This is clearly a kaffe-related problem, and not a problem with our
jdbc, which is good news.

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