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author | Bryce McKinlay <bryce@gcc.gnu.org> | 2000-02-15 09:35:51 +0000 |
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committer | Bryce McKinlay <bryce@gcc.gnu.org> | 2000-02-15 09:35:51 +0000 |
commit | 6ad91f8611f1ebf292a8972ff93655deb28cbc0b (patch) | |
tree | eb108759662931458271973be04e0fd07593a2d1 /libjava/NEWS | |
parent | 2e5aca8386154551563c599688abdc13639be261 (diff) | |
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Updated the NEWS
From-SVN: r31983
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diff --git a/libjava/NEWS b/libjava/NEWS index ed95555..0541bb4 100644 --- a/libjava/NEWS +++ b/libjava/NEWS @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ New in libgcj X.XX: is not found in the application binary or linked shared libraries, the class loader will search for a bytecode version in the CLASSPATH and execute it using the interpreter. A new front end that behaves like the traditional -`java' command is provided: `gij'. +`java' command is also provided: `gij'. * Support for specifying java system properties. Properties can either be set at runtime via the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable in the format @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ at runtime via the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable in the format -D<name>=<value>. * Support for setjmp/longjmp (sjlj) exception handling has been added, as an -alternative to the existing range-table based mechanism. sljl is the default +alternative to the existing range-table based mechanism. sjlj is the default on non-sparc, non-x86 targets, or can be specified with the `--enable-sjlj-exceptions' configure parameter. @@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ on non-sparc, non-x86 targets, or can be specified with the * Throwable.printStackTrace() has been implemented. -* Runtime.loadLibrary() has been implemented. In addition, Class.forName() -will try to load a series of shared objects in order to find the requested -class. If a class `gnu.quux.whatever' is requested, libgcj will first look -for `gnu-quux-whatever.so', then `gnu-quux.so', and finally `gnu.so'. +* Runtime.loadLibrary() has been implemented. + +* Class.forName() will now try to load a series of shared objects in order +to find the requested class. If a class `gnu.quux.whatever' is requested, +libgcj will search the system shared library path (eg LD_LIBRARY_PATH) for +`gnu-quux-whatever.so', then `gnu-quux.so', and finally `gnu.so'. * A pure-java implementation of java.math.BigInteger. |