Re: Can't build postgresql-jdbc-8.2-505 on Fedora 7

[Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>]

Tom,


On 23-Apr-07, at 6:50 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> So I tried to import 8.2-505 into Red Hat's development tip, and it  
> blew
> up on me with errors that look like Java version incompatibilities,
> for instance
>
>     [javac] 53. ERROR in /builddir/build/BUILD/postgresql- 
> jdbc-8.2.505/org/postgresql/jdbc3g/Jdbc3gArray.java (at line 17)
>     [javac] 	public class Jdbc3gArray extends  
> org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Array implements java.sql.Array
>     [javac] 	             ^^^^^^^^^^^
>     [javac] The type Jdbc3gArray must implement the inherited  
> abstract method Array.getArray(long, int, Map)
>     [javac] ----------
>
>     [javac] 57. ERROR in /builddir/build/BUILD/postgresql- 
> jdbc-8.2.505/org/postgresql/jdbc3g/Jdbc3gArray.java (at line 24)
>     [javac] 	public Object getArray(Map < String, Class < ? >> map)  
> throws SQLException
>     [javac] 	                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     [javac] Syntax error, parameterized types are only available if  
> source level is 5.0
>     [javac] ----------

This is a problem with the source level of the output. If 1.4.2 can  
build it, then java 1.5.0 certainly should be able to.

> The identical SRPM builds fine on my Fedora Core 6 workstation,  
> although
> I notice it says
>
>      [echo] Configured build for the JDBC3 edition driver with SSL
>
> where the failed build has
>
>      [echo] Configured build for the JDBC3g edition driver with SSL
>
> FC6 has java-1.4.2 where 7 has java-1.5.0.
>
> Not being much of a Java guru, I could use some help fixing this.
> As a short-term measure, I'd be happy to de-rate the thing to plain
> JDBC3, but am not sure where to poke to make that happen.  In the  
> longer
> term, what needs to be fixed to make it compatible?  Should I be  
> filing
> a bug against gcj, or is this a driver portability problem?

Oh, your using gcj ???

Any chance I can get a login ?
> 			regards, tom lane
>
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