Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:15:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: Martin Hopkins <martin.hopkins@insignia.com> Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java v1.3 JDK/JRE for FreeBSD v4.x Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009141114330.33651-100000@acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net> In-Reply-To: <14784.57922.612692.949082@luggage.isltd.insignia.com>
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Martin Hopkins wrote:
> >>>>> "Chris" == Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> writes:
>
> Chris> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Nate Williams wrote:
> >> > In dealing with the Netscape issue, I was reminded of the latest Java
> >> > implementation on v1.3 of the JDK/JRE. Has there been effort to
> >> > add Java JDK/JRE v1.3 to -current or possible -STABLE?!?
> >>
> >> Because Java is not open-source, it will never become a default part of
> >> the FreeBSD OS.
> >>
> >> An external port of JDK1.2.2 is in the works, to be followed by a JDK1.3
> >> release. Followups to freebsd-java.
>
> Chris> Just FYI (and I won't continue in this forum), but I've
> Chris> semi-successfully gotten IBM JDK 1.3.0 for Linux to run on FreeBSD
> Chris> 4.1-STABLE. I've had no luck at all with Sun's version, which is
> Chris> pretty much hard-wired to run on RedHat, period. It won't even run on
> Chris> Slackware.
>
> Are you refering to Sun's jdk-1.3-RC1.
Yes.
> If so I downloaded the sh
> archive last night and it seems to run on 4.1-STABLE (very limited
> testing).. I do get a "cannot uninstall alt signal stack warning" on
> exit. The only thing I've changed is
>
>
> --- bin/.java_wrapper~ Mon Aug 28 08:36:50 2000
> +++ bin/.java_wrapper Wed Sep 13 19:35:08 2000
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -#!/bin/sh
> +#!/compat/linux/bin/sh
>
> #
> # @(#)java_wrapper_linux.sh 1.8 00/05/19
Very interesting.
> Are you refering to the RPM distribution?
I was referring to the gzipped tarball.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (at yourfit.com)
behanna@zbzoom.net
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