From owner-freebsd-java Tue Mar 19 14:40:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057FB37B417 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:39:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g2JMdrY26932 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:39:53 -0600 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 16:39:53 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: the java port and patch process kicks ass! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i just finished building p6 john# /usr/local/jdk1.3.1/bin/java -version java version "1.3.1-p6" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-p6-spaz-020319-13:05) Classic VM (build 1.3.1-p6-spaz-020319-13:05, green threads, nojit) i watched the process, i am stunned by the complexity. i had to do very little work to make this happen. the two toughest parts where: 1. realizing that the linux-jdk was a port and not a package 2. getting registered at the java website. i think this is wonderful and i should have done it months ago. very, very, very, very good job! thanks for all of your hard work! johnu -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message