I'm not sure this is specific to 0.4.13 since very little has changed in this space for a long time.  I definitely compiled and tested this on my Ubuntu machine with Sun's Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105).  As for what might be going wrong on your machine, I don't know.

What parameters did you pass to ./configure?  What was the output of ./configure?  In addition,is it possible you might not have the prerequisites for building the gnome-speech Java support?  Here's the relevant section from the the gnome-speech README:

"2.3 GNOME Speech Java Package
===============================================================================

If the Java SDK version 1.4.1 is detected when building GNOME Speech,
gnome-speech.jar is built.  This Java package requires code from the
java-access-bridge module, and is required to build GNOME Speech
drivers written in the Java(tm) programming language."

Finally, if configure.in patches are needed, I'm happy to accept them!  :-)

Created attachment 89346 [details]
complete compile log with config.log attached at the end.

That is why then I don't have java-access-bridge installed, and didn't have java installed when I compiled 0.4.12.  

If it is auto detecting and doesn't find java-access-bridge shouldn't it not do the java compile then?

I tried adding  --without-java-home and --with-java-home=no and it still tries to compile the java.

(In reply to comment #3)
> That is why then I don't have java-access-bridge installed, and didn't have
> java installed when I compiled 0.4.12.  
> 
> If it is auto detecting and doesn't find java-access-bridge shouldn't it not do
> the java compile then?
> 

The fact that you didn't have Java before and now have it might be the problem.  But, even if I delete the java-access-bridge, I still cannot seem to reproduce the problem you are seeing.  So, this is very strange.  I'm not sure what's going on here.  What kind of machine are you running this on?

Can you also try doing some things by hand from your gnome-speech java directory?

idlj -emitAll -i /usr/share/idl/bonobo-activation-2.0 -i ../idl -pkgPrefix GNOME org -pkgPrefix Bonobo org.GNOME -fallTie ../idl/GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver.idl 

javac -source 1.4 org/GNOME/Speech/*.java

find org/GNOME/Bonobo/

I'm not sure how much they will help.

root@pheuri:/usr/src/gnome-speech-0.4.13/java# idlj -emitAll -i /usr/share/idl/bonobo-activation-2.0 -i ../idl -pkgPrefix GNOME org -pkgPrefix Bonobo org.GNOME -fallTie ../idl/GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver.idl

root@pheuri:/usr/src/gnome-speech-0.4.13/java# javac -source 1.4 org/GNOME/Speech/*.java

org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerOperations.java:11: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
public interface SpeakerOperations  extends org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownOperations
                                                            ^
org/GNOME/Speech/Speaker.java:11: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
public interface Speaker extends SpeakerOperations, org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown, org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity 
                                                                    ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackOperations.java:11: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
public interface SpeechCallbackOperations  extends org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownOperations
                                                                   ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallback.java:11: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
public interface SpeechCallback extends SpeechCallbackOperations, org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown, org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity 
                                                                                  ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOATie.java:119: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
  public org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown queryInterface (String repoid)
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SpeakerStub.java:254: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
  public org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown queryInterface (String repoid)
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOATie.java:73: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
  public org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown queryInterface (String repoid)
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SpeechCallbackStub.java:92: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
  public org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown queryInterface (String repoid)
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverOperations.java:11: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
public interface SynthesisDriverOperations  extends org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownOperations
                                                                    ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriver.java:11: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
public interface SynthesisDriver extends SynthesisDriverOperations, org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown, org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity 
                                                                                    ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOATie.java:121: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
  public org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown queryInterface (String repoid)
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SynthesisDriverStub.java:252: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
  public org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown queryInterface (String repoid)
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOA.java:145: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ref()
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SpeakerPOA
         this.ref ();
             ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOA.java:158: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method unref()
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SpeakerPOA
         this.unref ();
             ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOA.java:175: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
         org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = null;
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOA.java:176: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method queryInterface(java.lang.String)
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SpeakerPOA
         $result = this.queryInterface (repoid);
                       ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOA.java:178: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
         org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.write (out, $result);
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOATie.java:96: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ref()
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SpeakerOperations
    _impl.ref();
         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOATie.java:107: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method unref()
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SpeakerOperations
    _impl.unref();
         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeakerPOATie.java:121: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method queryInterface(java.lang.String)
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SpeakerOperations
    return _impl.queryInterface(repoid);
                ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SpeakerStub.java:261: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
                org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.read ($in);
                                ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SpeakerStub.java:261: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
                org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.read ($in);
                                                                   ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOA.java:55: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ref()
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SpeechCallbackPOA
         this.ref ();
             ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOA.java:68: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method unref()
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SpeechCallbackPOA
         this.unref ();
             ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOA.java:85: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
         org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = null;
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOA.java:86: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method queryInterface(java.lang.String)
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SpeechCallbackPOA
         $result = this.queryInterface (repoid);
                       ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOA.java:88: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
         org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.write (out, $result);
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOATie.java:50: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ref()
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SpeechCallbackOperations
    _impl.ref();
         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOATie.java:61: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method unref()
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SpeechCallbackOperations
    _impl.unref();
         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SpeechCallbackPOATie.java:75: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method queryInterface(java.lang.String)
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SpeechCallbackOperations
    return _impl.queryInterface(repoid);
                ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SpeechCallbackStub.java:99: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
                org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.read ($in);
                                ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SpeechCallbackStub.java:99: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
                org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.read ($in);
                                                                   ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOA.java:144: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ref()
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SynthesisDriverPOA
         this.ref ();
             ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOA.java:157: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method unref()
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SynthesisDriverPOA
         this.unref ();
             ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOA.java:174: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
         org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = null;
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOA.java:175: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method queryInterface(java.lang.String)
location: class org.GNOME.Speech.SynthesisDriverPOA
         $result = this.queryInterface (repoid);
                       ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOA.java:177: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
         org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.write (out, $result);
                         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOATie.java:98: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ref()
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SynthesisDriverOperations
    _impl.ref();
         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOATie.java:109: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method unref()
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SynthesisDriverOperations
    _impl.unref();
         ^
org/GNOME/Speech/SynthesisDriverPOATie.java:123: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method queryInterface(java.lang.String)
location: interface org.GNOME.Speech.SynthesisDriverOperations
    return _impl.queryInterface(repoid);
                ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SynthesisDriverStub.java:259: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
                org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.read ($in);
                                ^
org/GNOME/Speech/_SynthesisDriverStub.java:259: package org.GNOME.Bonobo does not exist
                org.GNOME.Bonobo.Unknown $result = org.GNOME.Bonobo.UnknownHelper.read ($in);
                                                                   ^
42 errors
root@pheuri:/usr/src/gnome-speech-0.4.13/java# 
root@pheuri:/usr/src/gnome-speech-0.4.13/java# find org/GNOME/Bonobo/
org/GNOME/Bonobo/
org/GNOME/Bonobo/UnknownPOATie.java
org/GNOME/Bonobo/UnknownPOA.java
org/GNOME/Bonobo/_UnknownStub.java
org/GNOME/Bonobo/UnknownHolder.java
org/GNOME/Bonobo/UnknownHelper.java
org/GNOME/Bonobo/Unknown.java
org/GNOME/Bonobo/UnknownOperations.java

How about "echo $CLASSPATH"?  Can you think of anything else you might have done above and beyond the Java installation?

This is on a dual athlon-mp system with 2 gigs of ram.
linux:
2.6.21.3
gcc:
4.1.2
glibc:
2.4
jdk6-bin:
6u1

JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk
CLASSPATH=/usr/share/antlr-2.7.7/antlr.jar
ANT_HOME=/opt/ant

> JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk
> CLASSPATH=/usr/share/antlr-2.7.7/antlr.jar
> ANT_HOME=/opt/ant

Interesting.  What if you try unsetting CLASSPATH?

Removing the CLASSPATH allowed it to build.

Does something need to be added to classpath for it to build without unsetting it?

Yeah!  Glad to hear clearing CLASSPATH fixed things.  I'd guess that maybe adding "." to the CLASSPATH would let it build.

Can you also try changing java/Makefile.amin your gnome-speech directory as so (it just adds a '-cp .' argument to the javac command line)?  You'll need to redo the ./configure to regenerate the Makefile:

Index: java/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- java/Makefile.am    (revision 287)
+++ java/Makefile.am    (working copy)
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
        $(JAR) -cf gnome-speech.jar $(GNOME_SPEECH_CLASS_FILES)
 
 $(GNOME_SPEECH_CLASS_FILES): $(GNOME_SPEECH_JAVA_FILES)
-       $(JAVAC) $(GNOME_SPEECH_JAVA_FILES)
+       $(JAVAC) -cp . $(GNOME_SPEECH_JAVA_FILES)
 
 $(GNOME_SPEECH_JAVA_FILES):
        $(IDLJ) \

I'd be curious if this fixes the problem for you.

Yes that patch works without needing to unset CLASSPATH

Created attachment 89367 [details] [review]
Patch to add -cp to javac command line

Thanks!  I've checked the patch in.  It will go out with the next release, which I'll most likely do in conjunction with GNOME 2.19.4.