Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:05:33 -0800 (PST) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why linux-sun-jdk13 ? Message-ID: <20021103030533.F1C0FDACC9@mx7.roble.com> In-Reply-To: <bulk.79502.20021102171734@hub.freebsd.org>
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Greg Lewis wrote: > 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. Makes a good case for at least one binary distribution, especially with all the bloat required by linux-base... -- Roger Marquis Roble Systems Consulting http://www.roble.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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