[fedora-java] [Fwd: [Bug 471811] RfE: Need CNI sub package to resurrect pdftk]

[Andrew Overholt]

* Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> [2009-02-02 12:52]:
> Andrew Overholt wrote:
> > - pdftk is compiled by gcj using the C++ ABI, direct to native code
> > - iText is compiled to bytecode (and GCJ AOT .sos)
> > - pdftk used to bundle its own copy of iText; this isn't allowed by Fedora
> > - pdftk needs iText to provide a C++-style .so for linking
> 
> OK, so all we need is a version of iText that is suitable for CNI.

Correct.

> Is there any reason not to add a subpackage of iText which provides
> such a thing?

Not that I can think of.

Andrew