Re: Removing primlib files from libclasspath?

[Dalibor Topic]

C. Brian Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 09:59, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > after merging in libclasspath into Kaffe, primlib's missing LINK_* 
> > functions broke static builds for riscos. I tried to figure out what 
> > primlib does briefly, and gave up rather quickly as the files in 
> > native/jni/classpath/primlib.[ch] seem to be rather void of explanatory 
> > comments, unfortunately.
> >
> > Grepping a bit around, it seems that it is unused in GNU Classpath, 
> > except for a single test, so I'd like to propose removing the primlib 
> > files from the sources along with the test. The files have seen just 
> > cosmetic and warning cleanup patches since their introduction.
> >
> > CC:ing Brian as he introduced them into GNU Classpath.
>
>
> Haha, funny it was actually John Keiser who introduced them.  I show up
> because they were moved by me from their original location.  I'm
> guessing this library was never used as John originally intended.  Looks
> like some primitive type wrapper library.

I'm sorry about the confusion, Brian. I should have dug deeper into the 
ChangeLogs :(

If noone speaks up for the files to remain, I'll remove them on Sunday.

cheers,
dalibor topic