Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:49:18 +1030 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: "Wilkinson,Alex" <Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why linux-sun-jdk13 ? Message-ID: <20021031154918.A35475@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20021031112943.C53751-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>; from Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au on Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:38:11AM %2B1030 References: <20021031112943.C53751-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:38:11AM +1030, Wilkinson,Alex wrote: > I just wanted to ask why we need linux-sun-jdk13 distfile and linux_base to install the > native FreeBSD jdk13 port ? Bootstrapping. You need a 1.3 compiler to build 1.3. Once you've got it compiled you can remove them and do port updates with NATIVE_BOOTSTRAP to avoid having to reinstall them. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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