From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 19:52:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A81BC16A41F for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@schultznet.ca) Received: from dfw002.8inet.com (dfw002.8inet.com [72.232.12.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD6B43D48 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:52:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eric@schultznet.ca) Received: from [206.162.187.199] (helo=[172.22.100.67]) by dfw002.8inet.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FNEnw-0008Mx-7M for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:52:08 -0500 Message-ID: <44259F60.70603@schultznet.ca> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:52:00 -0500 From: Eric Schultz Organization: SchultzNet.ca User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4422EEED.6080705@123.com.sv> <4423F082.3010004@ccgis.de> <44240A15.1070909@123.com.sv> <17444.3294.504398.368475@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <17444.3294.504398.368475@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: eric@cameron-schultz.ca,eric@schultznet.ca,schultzn X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dfw002.8inet.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - schultznet.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: which jdk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:52:08 -0000 Robert Huff wrote: > 1) You need a working Java to build a working Java. Just curious, does that mean after the first time you install Java subsequent re-installs or upgrades can use the /native/ port that was first installed using the Linux package? > 2) Due to restrictions from Sun, there is no FreeBSD native JDK > _package_. Write Once, Run Anywhere! Except... What's the GCJ story? How do they get away with it? Way off-topic though, and more than my brain could probably cope with right now. Never mind. > 3) So, to build the 1.4 (or 1.5) _port_, we install the Linux > 1.4 package and use it to compile the code. Once the native port > has built successfully, you can delete the Linux port. That just doesn't sound right, at a meta-physical level. -- Headed for the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning... Eric Schultz (aka Storkman) Photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/schultznet Homepage: http://www.schultznet.ca Blog: http://schultznet.blogspot.com/