[fedora-java] aot-compile-rpm

[Gary Benson]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Gary" == Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> writes:
> 
> Gary>  IT WORKS AROUND THE PPC GO2 LIMIT
> Gary>  =================================
> Gary>   PPC machines are limited on the size of jarfiles that can be
> Gary>   compiled in one go, affecting Eclipse and JacORB, as described
> Gary>   at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=158308.
> Gary>   aot-compile-rpm splits large jarfiles on ppc to avoid this.
> 
> Gary>     """In order to avoid #158308 we must split large jarfiles on PPC."""
> Gary>     if os.environ.get("RPM_ARCH") != "ppc":
> Gary>         return [src.filename]
> 
> You may want to do the splitting unconditionally.  Then we won't
> generate machine-crushing gigabyte .s files anywhere, and we will be
> able to remove property files and other unused bits from the jars on
> all platforms.

Since my machine has been in swapstorms over eclipse all afternoon I'm
inclined to agree with you.

When we compile, then nothing except classes are touched?

Cheers,
Gary