Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 09:40:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/local/jdk1.6.0/src.zip Message-ID: <200805230740.m4N7eikd007018@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <49790.192.168.1.2.1211398398.squirrel@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de>
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Bjoern Koenig wrote: > > After installing JDK 1.6, there's a file "src.zip" > > in /usr/local/jdk1.6.0. The file's size is 18 MB. > > > > Is that file required for correct operation of the > > JDK, or can it be safely deleted? > > > From /usr/local/jdk1.6.0/README.html: > > "(In src.zip) Java programming language source files for all classes that > make up the Java core API [...]. This source code is provided for > informational purposes only, to help developers learn and use the Java > programming language." > > I think that answers the question. ;-) Yes, it does. Thanks. Removing it reduces the space requirements by 33%. :) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster." -- Niklaus Wirth
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