[fedora-java] Should java-1.4.2-gcj-compat require xerces-j2?

[Gary Benson]

David Walluck wrote:
> Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Why did it fail?  Both ant and eclipse use libgcj's XML code and
> > work fine with it, so I'm guessing it's pretty decent.
> 
> I just recall many, if not all, packages requiring jaxp_parser_impl
> failing to build until I installed xerces-j2. If I try again, I will
> report on the list so that maybe an upstream bug could be filed.

Cool, please do.

> I know that if I try to use libgcj to provide jaxp_transform_impl,
> then the ant style task always fails (with a NPE). Now,
> jaxp_transform_impl isn't part of the current java-gcj-compat rpm,
> but I figured I would try it also since the classes are there.

> Another question about java-gcj-compat: should it provide jndi-ldap?
> tomcat5 seems to require this and I don't see what other package
> could provide it. It's listed in the tomcat5 spec but I don't see
> the jar listed in any of the property files used by ant. Again, I
> can't get tomcat5 to build, and it's the final package I need before
> trying to build eclipse with a free stack.

slippy:[~]$ rpm -q --whatprovides jndi-ldap
ldapjdk-4.17-1jpp_2fc

Cheers,
Gary