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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/


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