Compiling 10459 java files when 1 is all that is needed.

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 05/20/2013 01:04 PM, Phil Race wrote:
> I am getting very frustrated trying to do some simple work
> on my Mac using JDK 8. I touch *one* .java source file and
> I have to wait > 4 minutes for the build system which goes
> off and compiles everything. I have an SSD and i7 chip
> so I don't want to imagine what it would be like on a slower
> system :
>
> ## Starting jdk
> Compiling 10459 files for BUILD_JDK
> ....
> ....
> ....
> ## Finished jdk (build time 00:04:07)
>
> Why is it doing this ?
>
> -phil.
>
>

Phil,

The plan is to get sjavac running reliably on all platforms
and enabled by default.

In the meantime, you can try it out by using --enable-sjavac
when you run configure.

-- Jon