[pypy-dev] System calls in Java

[holger krekel]

Hey Niko! 

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:47 +0100, Niko Matsakis wrote:
> > I noticed that your recent changes have broken the translation of  
> > pypy-jvm on tuatara, because now pypy-jvm requires jna, and it's not  
> > installed there.
> >
> > I tried to download jna from the web but I failed to understand what  
> > package(s) I need; do I need only jna.jar and/or the platform  
> > specific jar?
> >
> > I wonder whether it might make sense to include the .jar directly in  
> > our svn repo, to drop the external dependency on jna and simplify  
> > the life of those that want to build pypy-jvm by themselves.
> 
> So, you only need jna.jar.  I think it probably makes sense to put it  
> in the repository.

If you put it somewhere below svn/pypy/dist 
please insert at least an XXX into the LICENSE file
and provide a reference to the project/license of JNA. 

best, 

holger