Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:51:52 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Patchlevel 4 report. Message-ID: <16281.19096.411423.908677@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <3F98A3AE.6020704@spock.cl> References: <3F98A3AE.6020704@spock.cl>
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Roberto de Iriarte writes: > I could not help but notice the complaints about the difficulties to > get native Java running on FreeBSD. > > For a change, i wanted to say just thanks for the excellent work, > i've found the new patchlevel to be very stable (on libc_r and > libkse) and excellent performing (especially on libkse) Sorry, but this is apples and oranges. I had to install jdk-1.4.1 as part of OpenOffice 1.1; having done so, I don't actually know that I'll _use_ any of the Java components. I am prepared to believe once installed Java works perfectly. But that's worth diddly if installing it takes dynamite, heavy machinery, and industrial epoxy* ... and there's no listed way to build OpenOffice without it. Don't get me wrong: I'm thankful for the work the maintainers have put in. And I have no problem agreeing to the licenses and downloading various tarballs. But having done so, I expect this to be as smooth as any other port build. Instead, it's been one of the least pleasant builds I've ever experienced and - yeah, I'm less than thrilled. Robert Huff * - compared to 5 minutes puttering with most other ports.
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