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Date:      Wed, 3 Mar 1999 14:21:43 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@iafrica.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, chuckr@mat.net, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AOUT/ELF 
Message-ID:  <199903032121.OAA14409@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <72703.920495981@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
References:  <199903032113.OAA14340@mt.sri.com> <72703.920495981@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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> > I have two copies of the JDK now, one I downloaded earlier this year
> > under the 'educational' license, and the one I downloaded here.
> 
> I'm a little disappointed about the requirement for an existing
> installation of the jdk for bootstrapping.

Since the 'java compiler' is written in Java, this is pretty much a
requirement.  It's kind of like how do you build a C compiler w/out a
C-compiler?


> I presume the jdk out of the ports tree will suffice for this purpose?

????  If not, I assume you could use jikes with a little bit of work,
since recent version are supposed to be JDK2 compliant.



Nate
> 


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