Request gcc 34 port build gcj

[Adam McDougall]

I have some good news, I followed your tips with a slight modification
and got pdftk to work with gcj41.  For step 3, I made sure
libiconv was installed from ports, and edited 
/usr/ports/print/pdftk/work/pdftk-1.12/pdftk/Makefile.Base
to add -L/usr/local/lib to CPPFLAGS:

CPPFLAGS += -DPDFTK_VER=\"1.12\" -L/usr/local/lib

The resulting binary seems to work fine, I tried one of the example
operations.

Do you think these workarounds could be incorporated into the port?
I plan on using it on a production server and it would be a shame
if it was removed.  


On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 09:58:05AM -0700, Patrick Dung wrote:

  Hi
  
  I have noticed that file at the end of August.
  I have email a proposed solution to pdftk's author.
  Below is my mail to the author/
  Note that I can 'fix' pdftk to build with gcj41 but the resulting
  binary core dump.
  
  BTW, from author's web site: http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/#build
  You see that: I build pdftk using gcc/gcj/libgcj versions 3.3.4.
  So I think gcj34 is the best thing to compile pdftk.
  
  Patrick
  
  > Hi Sid Steward
  > 
  > When I was trying to compile pdftk 1.2.1 with gcj41 in FreeBSD, I
  have
  > discovered something.
  > 
  > 1. There is a compile error in itext's pdf/codecs/PngImage.java about
  > the ICC profile. I have seen you have comment out
  > import com.lowagie.text.ImgRaw
  > 
  > After enabling this line, I can complie this class with gcj41.
  > 
  > 2. Makefile.Base include convert.a static lib (from your source).
  > Makefile.Generic has include -lgcj.
  > When compiling pdftk binary and linking all the libraries, it said
  > duplicate defination or something. Comment out the convert.a line in
  > Makefile.Base won't have that error.
  > 
  > 3. It has linking problem with libiconv, I don't know it's FreeBSD OS
  > problem, FreeBSD's gcc 41 problem or pdftk problem. This problem is
  not
  > seen in pdftk with gcj 3.x. 
  > Then I use the static library of libiconv instead of the shared lib
  to
  > make it compile the pdftk binary.
  > 
  > 4. The resulting pdftk binary cannot be run. It will have core dump.
  > Signal 6. Seems problem with FreeBSD's libpthread.
  > 
  > I hope this will help in your new version of pdftk.
  > 
  > Regards
  > Patrick