Guys,

I need pdftk for a script I use that does fax processing. I ran into this
problem 6-7 months ago, but still had another server with pdftk on it so it
wasn't critical. Now, I need to solve it.

Currently pdftk in AUR is out of date due to it a dependency of gcc-gcj
requiring it to be built against gcc-4.3. The building gcc-4.3 and then gcc-gcj
part of the pdftk build goes fine (takes forever, but goes fine). The build
seems to crater on a java-lib issue. Here is the actual error with a few lines
of context:

patching file pdftk/Makefile.Base
patching file java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfEncryption.java
patching file java_libs/Makefile
make -C ../java_libs
make[1]: Entering directory
`/home/david/arch/pkg/bld/pdftk/src/pdftk-1.41/java_libs'
make -C "/home/david/arch/pkg/bld/pdftk/src/pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text";
make[2]: Entering directory
`/home/david/arch/pkg/bld/pdftk/src/pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text'
gcj -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -w --encoding=UTF-8
--classpath="/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.3.jar:/home/david/arch/pkg/bld/pdftk/src/pdftk-1.41/java_libs"
-c Anchor.java -o Anchor.o
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain
at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run(libgcj.so.9)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain not found in
gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[file:/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar],
parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}}
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.9)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.9)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.9)
at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run(libgcj.so.9)
make[2]: *** [Anchor.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/david/arch/pkg/bld/pdftk/src/pdftk-1.41/java_libs/com/lowagie/text'
make[1]: *** [itext] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/david/arch/pkg/bld/pdftk/src/pdftk-1.41/java_libs'
make: *** [java_libs] Error 2

The problem is I am no good at figuring out what this is telling me I need to
do to fix it. I know there was an exception thrown in thread "main"
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ........ what I don't know is whether this is
telling me there is a javalib version mismatch or something similar and whether
this is something I might work around by loading/building some alternative java
package, etc..

If you have any idea what is going on here, please pass along a pointer or two.
If this is just one of those areas where I'm screwed and there isn't a way
around it -- well knowing that would be helpful too. Thanks.



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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
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On 03/17/2010 10:16 AM, Edgar Kalkowski wrote:
>>
>> Just a FYI, looks like fedora has pdftk with a gcc44 patch:
>>
>> http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/pdftk/F-13/
>
> That looks interesting. But wouldn’t that require gcc 4.4 to be build with
> Java support? BEcause I tried that and sadly couldn’t get it working because
> of my lack of understanding the PKGBUILD …

Don't feel bad, I didn't even make it that for because of my lack of knowledge
of incorporating foreign patches and editing Makefiles Maybe somebody with
the requisite knowledge can jump in here and lend us a hand. Who knows, maybe
even the package maintainer can lend a hand since the package is now a year out
of date?

--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com