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------- Comment From davemarq at us.ibm.com 2014-11-19 14:04 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #4)
> what is your use case to cross build gcj applications?  The current use case
> is to provide a gcj cross compiler which is able to cross-build gcc-4.9.
> This works, and using gcj natively on ppc64el works as well.

I'm just trying to run gcj to compile some Java code.  It doesn't work
at all.

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Title:
  powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcj won't run due to missing libgcj.spec

Status in “gcc-4.9-ppc64el-cross” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ---Problem Description---
  On an x86_64 system, I installed the gcj-powerpc64le-linux-gnu package and various dependencies.  When trying to run powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcj, I get

  powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcj: error: libgcj.spec: No such file or
  directory

   ---uname output---
  Linux xii-iv 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
   
  Machine Type = x86_64 virtual machine 
    
  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   Install package gcj-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on x86_64 VM running Ubuntu 14.04.1.  Try running powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcj.  Note error message.
   
  Userspace tool common name: powerpc64le-linux-gnu-gcj

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