[icedtea6][RFC] Fix: xalan/xerces dependencies issues in F15 build

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 16:11 Tue 07 Jun     , Danesh Dadachanji wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a fix for the xalan/xerces dependencies problem with building in 
> F15. It checks if the xml jar is needed and then symlinks accordingly. 
> I've tested it on F13-15 and it worked fine.
> 
> ChangeLog:
> +2011-07-06  Danesh Dadachanji <ddadacha at redhat.com>
> +  * Makefile.am: Use explicit xml-commons locations if necessary.
> +  * acinclude.m4: Added explicit xml-commons check.
> +  (IT_CHECK_IF_INSTANTIABLE): Added generic macro to instantiate any
> +  class. Paramaters are the define, name of the class, paramaters
> +  for instatiation and (optional) classpath.
> +  * configure.ac: Invoke IT_FIND_XML_COMMONS_APIS_JAR macro after
> +  IT_FIND_XERCES2_JAR, assigns XML_COMMONS_APIS_JAR if necessary.
> +
> 

I've only just seen this and wasn't aware you were working on this.
I've already removed all the Xerces/Xalan crap in IcedTea7, replacing
it with the use of xsltproc when bootstrapping, and I plan to backport
that to IcedTea6.  So all this will be going anyway.  Sorry for the
wasted effort.
-- 
Andrew :)

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