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Date:      Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:57:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Sujal Patel <smpatel@umiacs.umd.edu>
To:        Charlie Root <root@ozymandias.alaska.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Would you mind helping me with the javac_netscape program?
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960911195621.9287G-100000@mickey.umiacs.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199609090653.WAA01161@ozymandias.alaska.org>

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The javac_netscape port only works with Netscape 2.2--  You can download 
the port for 'kaffe' to allow you to compile java programs, but netscape 
doesn't support this hidden feature anymore (apparently).

Sujal

On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Charlie Root wrote:

> Hello, my name is Robert Baxter, a resident of Fairbanks, AK.
> I have been a FreeBSD user for quite a while, and I am interested
> in learning Java.
> I have installed Netscape 3.0, and the jdk-1.0.2 FreeBSD-current package,
> and I have also installed the javac-netscape-1.0.1 package.
> When I try running "javac" I get the error:
>    Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread
> I have tried unpacking "classes.zip" (even though everyone says not to unzip
> it) and I set CLASSPATH to the resulting directory.  Then, when I run
> javac, I don't get the error, but it sits there in an endless loop, consuming
> one-third of my virtual memory, until I kill it.
> If you have the time, could you please tell me what I have done wrong here?
> By the way, how did you find out about the "-java" argument to netscape...
> I did not see it when I type "netscape -help" and am curious if there is some
> document about "hidden" features.
> Thank you for your time,
> -Robert A. Baxter
> alex@shemya.images.alaska.edu
> 



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