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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2001 23:04:39 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@mail-in.net>
To:        ernst@heinz.jollem.com, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ports/26793: New port: java/ibm-jdk
Message-ID:  <200105102004.XAA90046@ipcard.iptcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <200105071500.f47F0P825848@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Mon, 7 May 2001 08:00:25 -0700 (PDT), Ernst de Haan wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR ports/26793; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Ernst de Haan <ernst@heinz.jollem.com>
> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, perky@python.or.kr
> Cc: sobomax@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: ports/26793: New port: java/ibm-jdk
> Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 10:25:30 +0200
> 
>  Okay, I tested this JDK and it seems to work, at least with non-graphical 
>  applications. I tested it with Ant and javadoc, and it runs without any big 
>  problems. Only things I noticed are:
>  
>  * When starting 'java' the program gives a warning about not being able to 
>  determine the number of processors. This looks like a linuxulator 'problem'.
>  Should I submit this as a new PR ?

This problem is actually has been fixed about several months ago.
The problem is that IBM's jdk uses /proc fs to determine number of
processors in a very funny way: by counting how many "bogomips"
strings are in the /proc/cpuinfo. Pretty innovative way to get
hw.ncpu, isn't it :-). FreeBSD doesn't have a /proc/cpuinfo, therefore
you have to mount linprocfs into /compat/proc to get rid of this
warning. Alternatively, just copy cpuinfo file into /compat/proc from a
linux box near you.

[snip]

>  My suggestion: Make sure the name of the port is more specific (for example 
>  'linux-ibm-jdk1.3' instead of 'ibm-jdk'), make the name of the install 
>  directory more specific ('linux-ibm-jdk1.3.0' instead of 'ibmjdk1.3.0') and 
>  then submit this port for inclusion in the tree. It's good enough for testing 
>  and further improvement IMO.

Looks like a nice plan.

-Maxim

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