[commit-cp] [bugs #9846] FAQ does not mention that integrating Classpath in Sun's JVM is very hard.

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[bugs #9846] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9846>
Project: classpath
Submitted by: 0
On: Mon 08/02/2004 at 06:20

Category:  None
Severity:  5 - Average
Resolution:  None
Assigned to:  None
Status:  Open
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Summary:  FAQ does not mention that integrating Classpath in Sun's JVM is very 
hard.

Original Submission:  I asked a FAQ in IRC, and the answer was non-trivial.
May be it could be added in the FAQ entry of the website.

The question is roughly:
"I wish I could help debug Classpath, but I use a proprietary VM. Is it 
possible to use Classpath in a prorietary VM?"

The answer is:
"Classpath is supposed to replicate rt.jar functionnalities. Unfortunately, 
those functionnalities rely on VM internals. 
Open-sources VMs have public documentation, so it is easy to integrate 
Classpath with them. Proprietary VMs work in their own (secret) way, and 
Classpath's developpers do not know how to use these internal functionnalities. 
Therefore, it is quite impossible for open-source developpers to make Classpath 
interact with proprietary VMs."











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