OpenJDK zero on sparc linux

[Andrew Haley]

Gary Benson wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
> 
> The real error is above this one -- it failed to build libjvm.so with
> a load of "relocation truncated to fit" errors.   If you look in
> openjdk-ecj/hotspot/build/linux/makefiles/gcc.make you'll see a bit
> like this:
> 
>   # position-independent code
>   ifneq ($(filter ppc ppc64,$(ZERO_LIBARCH)),)
>   PICFLAG = -fPIC
>   else
>   PICFLAG = -fpic
>   endif
> 
> Add "sparc" to that list, then
> rm -Rf openjdk-ecj/control/build/linux-*/hotspot to clear out the
> broken files, then try again.  If that works I'll commit a fix.

I think for a program of this size you'll probably want "big PIC"
(-fPIC) everywhere.

Andrew.