Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 09:25:14 -0700 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: "Arne H. Juul" <arnej@pvv.ntnu.no> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jdk15 from update5 sources Message-ID: <20060504162514.GB1336@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0605041437150.29744@decibel.pvv.ntnu.no> References: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0605041437150.29744@decibel.pvv.ntnu.no>
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On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 02:52:18PM +0200, Arne H. Juul wrote: > For those of us who can't use the diablo binary release for one reason or > the other, it's a problem that the BSD patches from eyesbeyond.com use the > SCSL sources, since there are many problems in those that are fixed in the > various update 1 to 6 releases. > > Sun has released sources on tiger.dev.java.net for update 3, 4, and 5 (but > not update 6, at least not yet). These are under the JIUL license which > seems to be more permissive than SCSL (too much legalese for me to say for > sure). > > So I've downloaded the update 5 sources and applied the > bsd-jdk15-patches-3.tar.bz2 (with some rejects). Then I've fixed the > issues with rejected patches and done some changes based on the changes > between SCSL sources and update 5 sources (see attached patch). > > The result works pretty well for me when compiled on FreeBSD 4.x for > running standalone java applications; I have no idea if it works for > webstart, or browser plugins, or as a basis for java frameworks. But maybe > somebody else may find it useful to go this route; I still get the > occasional crash deep inside the garbage collection parts of the VM but at > least this is much more stable than the version I get from compiling > ports/jdk the usual way. Thats kinda cool. Thanks for doing this :). One general question, since I haven't had time to compare them, why the JIUL rather than the JRL? Do others have comments on the differences between the two? -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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