From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 23 06:35:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEB8016A4CF for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:35:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iota.root-servers.ch (iota.root-servers.ch [193.41.193.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4407143D46 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:35:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch) Received: (qmail 64856 invoked from network); 23 Apr 2004 13:35:52 -0000 Received: from 217-162-135-163.dclient.hispeed.ch (HELO ?10.2.2.3?) (217.162.135.163) by 0 with SMTP; 23 Apr 2004 13:35:52 -0000 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:38:47 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl Organization: BUZ Internet Services X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <795542276.20040423153847@buz.ch> To: Jean-Baptiste Quenot In-Reply-To: <20040423132642.GB51887@anyware12.anyware> References: <20040423124248.DE7AC1F5037@ws1-12.us4.outblaze.com> <20040423132048.GA51887@anyware12.anyware> <215013655.20040423152726@buz.ch> <20040423132642.GB51887@anyware12.anyware> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Binding JVM and Java Applications X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:35:55 -0000 Hello Jean-Baptiste, Friday, April 23, 2004, 3:26:43 PM, you wrote: >> Well you aren't with FreeBSD and Java 1.4.2 as Java 1.4.2 isn't >> certified by Sun so it may not be distributed in binary form (why else >> would we have to go through the hoops to compile it...?) > AFAIK the Linux JRE binary works well on FreeBSD. Am I missing > something? Of course you can't redistribute the FreeBSD native JDK, but > the original Linux JRE, why not? Well you can, but using Linux emulation sure does seem like a major pain in the ass to me. And at that point, you'd probably have to supply the linux emulation, too. Best regards, Gabriel